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MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1980

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SPORTS-FOR-ALL IN TSUEN WAN

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED TODAY'S SPORTS-FOR-ALL DAY 1980 IN TSUEN WAN WERE THE BEST ENCOURAGEMENT THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR CONTINUING OUR WORK TO PROVIDE SPORT AND RECREATION THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND DISTRICT. +

THIS WAS STATED BY THE TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, TSUEN WAN, MR JAMES HAYES, AT SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND, WHERE A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES, RANGING FROM +TAI CHI FOR ALL TO +POTTED SPORTS FOR CHILDREN, + WAS HELD TO MARK THE BIRTHDAY OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

EVENTS WERE HELD IN OTHER PLAYGROUNDS IN THE NEW TOWN.

MR HAYES SAID THAT WHILE THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION PROGRAMME INCLUDED A GREAT VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IT WAS NOT UNIQUE. THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE WORKS HARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO BRING SPORT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO AS MANY YOUNG PERSONS AS POSSIBLE.

+ITS WORK, WHICH HAS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY A MERE HANDFUL OF DEVOTED OFFICERS IS ASSISTED BY THE RECRUITMENT OF EQUALLY ENTHUSIASTIC PART-TIME ORGANISERS AND TRAINERS.

+THESE EFFORTS ARE BACKED BY THE DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND ITS MEMBER BODIES, AND BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD,+ MR HAYES SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT MUCH OF THE FINANCING FOR THE MAIN YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMME CAME FROM THE BOARD WHICH PROVIDED DOLLAR-FOR- DOLLAR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MATCH THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE'S OWN FUNDS.

+NO LESS THAN $400 000 WILL BE SPENT THIS YEAR ON DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE RSS PROGRAMME,+ HE SAID.

THE BOARD ALSO PROVIDED FUNDS TO HELP THE DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION WITH ITS ADMINISTRATION COSTS, AND ASSISTED WITH FUNDING MANY OTHER LOCAL SPORTS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE POPULAR +ESTATE DAYS+.

THE SPORTS-FOR-ALL DAY IS ORGANISED EACH YEAR BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION LASTED ALL MORNING AND WAS HELD AT DIFFERENT VENUES IN TSUEN WAN, INCLUDING SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK AND KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND.

AMONG THE PERFORMERS WERE ARMY MEN WHO GAVE A BAND PERFORMANCE AND A PARACHUTE DISPLAY.