XN000022-1980-08-30 — Page 7

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1980

+HOWEVER, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHETHER CONCENTRATING SO MUCH MONEY ON ACHIEVING THIS FLEETING SUCCESS WAS AS WISE AS WHAT IS BEING DONE NOW - BUILDING UP FOOTBALL TALENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

+ THE AIM OF THE LONG ESTABLISHED YUEN LONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION SHOULD NOT BE MERELY THE FORMING OF A FIRST DIVISION FOOTBALL TEAM AND OBTAINING GOOD RESULTS TO PLEASE LOCAL PEOPLE, MR SWEETMAN SAID.

+ APPRECIATE THAT THE ASSOCIATION'S EXISTING BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS TURNED TO ORGANISING MORE DISTRICT-WIDE SPORTS ACTIVITIES, WHICH WAS ITS OBJECTIVE WHEN IT WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED.

*WITH THE WELL-EQUIPPED SPORTS GROUND IN YUEN LONG, I AM SURE MANY FOOTBALL STARS WILL BE TRAINED.+

HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ASSOCIATION, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ITS CHAIRMAN, MR CHIU YUK-CHUEN AND THE BOARD DIRECTORS, WOULD ORGANISE CLASSES TO TRAIN UP LOCAL SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS.

+1 HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL DISPLAY YOUR SKILLS IN COMING MATCHES SO THAT WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS GETTING A TRULY REPRESENTATIVE TEAM FOR YUEN LONG.+

TALENT SCOUTS WOULD BE WATCHING PERFORMANCES TO FIND THE BEST AVAILABLE TO FORM A LOCAL TEAM WHICH WOULD BE TRAINED TO PARTICIPATE IN MATCHES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

AN OPENING MATCH BETWEEN PING SHAN YOUTH AND SHUI CHIU SUN

TSUEN WAS PLAYED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY.

THE YUEN LONG FOOTBALL LEAGUE WAS LAUNCHED LAST SEASON WITH A TEAM FROM WANG TOI SHAN VILLAGE EMERGING AS WINNERS.

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TENDERS TO BUILD TWO RESERVOIRS

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TWO RESERVOIRS ARE TO BE BUILT TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND BY RESIDENTS IN BEACON HILL AND FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF NAM CHEONG STREET, NEW KOWLOON.

TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO BUILD A 10 000-CUBIC METRE CAPACITY FRESH WATER RESERVOIR AND A 600-CUBIC METRE CAPACITY SALT WATER RESERVOIR.

ADDITIONAL PUMPSETS ARE BEING INSTALLED IN EXISTING PUMPING

STATIONS TO SUPPLY WATER TO THE NEW RESERVOIRS.

THE WORK WILL ALSO INCLUDE LAYING 250 METRES OF STEEL PIPELINE OF 200 MM IN DIAMETER AND 2 900 METRES OF ASBESTOS CONCRETE PIPELINES WHICH WILL VARY IN DIAMETER FROM 2 000 MM TO 450 MM.

CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO START IN NOVEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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