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SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1979

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SPORTS PROMOTION IN NEW TERRITORIES

NEEDS GOVERNMENT-COMMUNITY CO-OPERATION

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THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) HE LOOKED FORWARD TO A CONTINUATION OF THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY IN PROMOTING SPORTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE FIRST ISLANDS DISTRICT ATHLETIC MEET AT WONG CHUK HUNG SPORTS GROUND IN ABERDEEN, MR. TODD SAID THE EVENT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL AND WORTHWHILE SPORTS PROJECT BEING ACHIEVED THROUGH CO-OPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE.

+AND I HOPE THAT THIS SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST,+ HE SAID.

THE PROGRAMME WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THE EIGHT LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEES AND THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE.

MR. TODD RECALLED THAT IN THE PAST YEARS, YOUNGSTERS FROM THE ISLANDS DISTRICT HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ATHLETIC MEET ALTHOUGH NOT REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

+THIS YEAR, HE SAID, I KNOW THAT YOU INTEND TO SELECT A LOCAL TEAM TO REPRESENT THE ISLANDS DISTRICT IN THE COMING NEW TERRITORIES ATHLETIC MEET AND TODAY'S EVENT WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL TALENTS TO PROVE THEMSELVES AND TO WIN THE HONOUR OF REPRESENTING THEIR DISTRICT.+

HOWEVER, HE SAID

HE SAID, IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT THE MAIN OBJECT OF THE MEET WAS TO PROMOTE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AND PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS SPORTS ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS GOODWILL AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS OF THE EIGHT SUB-DISTRICTS.

MORE THAN 300 COMPETITORS, MOSTLY STUDENTS AND YOUNG WORKERS FROM OUT-LYING ISLANDS TOOK PART IN THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES.

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