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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1980

NT PEOPLE URGED TO FULLY UTILIZE

SPORTS FACILITIES

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THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUT KAM, HAS URGED PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO FULLY UTILIZE LOCAL SPORTS FACILITIES.

MR CHUI WAS SPEAKING TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE FIRST NEW TERRITORIES TABLE TENNIS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION AT THE OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL INDOOR GAMES HALL, KWAI CHUNG.

FACILITIES AND VENUES FOR RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES WERE NOT SUFFICIENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID.

IN ITS DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WAS TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES, BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN A SHORT PERIOD.

THEREFORE, WE SHOULD GET THE MOST OUT OF OUR EXISTING AMENITIES. WELL-ORGANISED RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TODAY'S TABLE-TENNIS COMPETITION EFFECTIVELY FACILITATED UTILIZATION OF EXISTING VENUES AND PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS COMPETITIONS.

MR CHUI PRAISED THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE FOR ORGANISING SUCH A HEALTHY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY.

+COMPETITIONS LIKE THIS NOT ONLY PROMOTE SPORTING STANDARDS BUT ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS TO WATCH THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR PLAYERS,+ HE SAID.

+ I HOPE MORE ACTIVITIES OF A SIMILAR SCALE WILL BE ENCOURAGED, ORGANISED AND PROMOTED, MR CHU! SAID.

MORE THEN 380 MEN AND WOMEN PLAYERS, REPRESENTING THE EIGHT NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS, TOOK PART IN TODAY'S COMPETITION.

VILLAGERS THANK PRISONS DEPARTMENT

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THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WAS TODAY (SUNDAY) THANKED BY VILLAGERS OF MA YAU TONG, HANG HAU, SAI KUNG FOR HELPING THEM TO CONSTRUCT A VAN TRACK IN THE VILLAGE.

THE 300-METRE LONG AND THREE-METRE WIDE TRACK WAS BUILT BY INMATES OF PIK UK PRISON UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PRISON OFFICERS.

+THE NEW TRACK PROVIDES A PROPER VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE VILLAGE WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF OVER 1 000,+ THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE, MR TSANG WAN SAID.

AT A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD IN THE VILLAGE, MR TSANG PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF ALL THE VILLAGERS A BANNER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PIK UK PRISON, MR WONG WAH-CHIU.

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