XN000022-1979-07-02 — Page 8

MONDAY, JULY 2, 1979

+THIS IS IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURERS AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS AS IT HELPS THE PROMOTION OF SALES. IN ADDITION, SOME COUNTRIES MAY REQUIRE THE CERTIFICATE FOR THE IMPORT OF THESE PRODUCTS.

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THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT APART FROM STATUTORY TESTING, THE MAIN WORK OF THE PHARMACEUTICALS SECTION INVOLVED MONITOR ING PHARMACEUTICAL ITEMS PURCHASED OR COMPOUNDED FOR USE IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS, CLINICS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

THE MEASURE IS TO ENSURE THAT ONLY PHARMACEUTICAL ITEMS OF ACCEPTABLE QUALITY ARE SUPPLIED TO THE GOVERNMENT. IT ALSO ENABLES GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THE MOST ECONOMICAL PURCHASES.

OTHER WORK OF THE SECTION INCLUDES EXAMINATION OF CONFISCATED DANGEROUS DRUGS FOR THE DRUGS DISPOSAL UNIT OF THE POLICE NARCOTICS BUREAU, INCLUDING RAW OPIUM AND MORPHINE BLOCKS.

MORE SPACE MADE AVAILABLE

FOR SPORTS AND RECREATION

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THE GOVERNMENT, IN ITS DRIVE TO ENCOURAGE MORE PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS AND RECREATION, IS MAKING USE OF EVERY AVAILABLE SPACE.

+COURSES ARE RUN ON ROOFTOPS, PIERS, INSIDE ABANDONED GODOWNS, MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS, ON BOARD MILITARY AND FISHING VESSELS, UNDER FLYOVERS AND EVEN INSIDE DRAINED SWIMMING POOLS,+ MR. DAVID CHIU, SENIOR RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

HE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE, THE TOP THREE FLOORS OF THE HUNG HOM CAR PARK WHICH WERE CONVERTED INTO A MODERN SPORTS CENTRE LAST AUGUST.

+THIS PROJECT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS JUDGING BY THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE OF THE PARTICIPANTS. THE FITNESS TRAINING COURSE ALONE DREW A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 9,000 PEOPLE,+ MR. CHIU SAID.

IN APRIL. THE TEMPORARY CHAI WAN KOK SPORTS CENTRE ON THE TOP TWO FLOORS OF THE OLD KOWLOON GODOWNS WAS OPENED IN TSUEN WAN.

THE CENTRE, FUNDED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND MANAGED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, HAS A GYMNASIUM, AN INDOOR ARCHERY RANGE, A DANCE STUDIO, 12 BADMINTON COURTS, TABLE-TENNIS, STORAGE AND CHANGING FACILITIES.

+AS MOST OF THE USERS ARE WORKERS, THE OPENING HOURS ARE MAINLY IN THE EVENINGS, WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS,+ MR. CHIU SAID.

+LOCAL RESIDENTS COULD COME AND TRY THEIR SKILLS IN ARCHERY. TABLE-TENNIS OR BADMINTON, OR KEEP FIT IN OUR GYMNASTIC COURSES.+

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