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+A FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF NOTE WAS A DONATION PLEDGED BY MOBIL OIL HONG KONG LIMITED TOWARDS THE COST OF PURCHASING *EIGHT AND STRENGTH TRAINING EQUIPMENT.

+THIS IS THE FIRST DONATION EMANATING FROM THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, AN EXAMPLE WHICH THE BOARD HOPES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MANY OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS+.

MR LI POINTED OUT THAT DURING THE YEAR, SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES AND IN THE STRENGTHENING OF ITS COACHING TEAM.

+FOLLOWING THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTS WERE LET FOR SITE FORMATION AND PILING FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION.

+TENDERS FOR THE MAIN BUILDING, EXTERNAL WORKS AND A NUMBER OF ANCILLARY ITEMS HAVE SINCE BEEN RECEIVED AND ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

+HONOURABLE MEMBERS WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT THE WHOLE OF THE SITE FORMATION TOGETHER AITH PART OF THE DRAINAGE WORK FOR THE FIRST PHASE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE PROGRAMME OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CENTRE IS SO FAR ON SCHEDULE,+ HE SAID.

ON THE RECRUITMENT OF COACHES, MR LI SAID ONE IN TENNIS AND ANOTHER IN SWIMMING HAD BEEN APPOINTED, BRINGING THE NUMBER UNDER THE CHIEF COACH TO SEVEN.

FURTHER COACHES WILL BE RECRUITED IN LINE WITH THE PLANNED AND CONTROLLED EXPANSION OF THE CENTRE, HE SAID.

BUT HE STRESSED THAT MUCH REMAINED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE CENTRE WOULD BE ABLE TO FULFILL ITS ROLE AND OBJECTIVES IN THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS,

*WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE LOCAL SPORTS COMMUNITY AT LARGE. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE CENTRE WILL BECOME ONE OF THE MAJOR TRAINING AMENITIES OF HONG KONG IN A FEW YEARS' TIME, MR LI ADDED.

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