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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

SECOND TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL CLOSES ON SUNDAY

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THE SECOND TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL WILL CLOSE ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 23) WITH A DEMONSTRATION FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN EASTERN AND SEA BEE.

A LARGE CROWD IS EXPECTED TO WATCH THE MATCH WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT YEUNG UK ROAD STADIUM STARTING AT 3.30 PM.

THE FESTIVAL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 1 SINCE WHEN A TOTAL OF 54 EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD, ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 100 000 RESIDENTS. THESE INCLUDED GO-KART RACES WHICH WERE ORGANISED FOR THE FIRST TIME, EVENTS FOR THE HANDICAPPED, PLUS A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

IT WAS ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE COMPRISING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND TSUEN WAN SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION. MR CHAU HOW-CHEN WAS CHAIRMAN.

THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDED $150 000 TOWARDS FESTIVAL EXPENSES, WHILE LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ALSO DONATED MONEY.

OFFICIATING AT SUNDAY'S CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR H.T. LUI, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JAMES WILSON, AND THE PRINCIPAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR DICKEN YUNG.

TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS RECEIVING ATTENTION

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IN ITS FIRST EIGHT WEEKS OF OPERATION THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT RECEIVED 626 COMPLAINTS.

OF THE TOTAL, 280 WERE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE UNIT, 310 THROUGH THE PRESS AND THE REMAINING 36 WERE REFERRED BY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE COMPLAINTS UNIT, MR JAMES KWAN, SAID TODAY HE WAS PLEASED IT WAS WORKING EFFICIENTLY BUT EXPECTED THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS TO GROW AS MORE PEOPLE BECOME AWARE OF ITS EXISTENCE.

HE SAID : +IT IS IMPORTANT FOR COMMUTERS NOT TO HESITATE TO AIR THEIR COMPLAINTS TO THE UNIT IF THEY HAVE ANY GRIEVANCE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.

+TO HELP MORE PEOPLE LODGE COMPLAINTS, FORMS WITH RETURN ENVELOPES ARE NOW DISTRIBUTED AT CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES AND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES.

/+BUT COMPLAINTS