XN000022-1981-03-22 — Page 5

SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1981

DSNT STARTS WALK-WITH-DISABLED COMPETITION

*****

DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES. MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, OFFICIATED AT THE START OF A WALK-WITH-THE-DISABLED COMPETITION AT SAI KUNG THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.

THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED ASSOCIATION AS PART OF ITS PROGRAMME TO INTEGRATE DISABLED PERSONS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 200 HANDICAPPED, TOOK PART IN THE COMPETITION OVER A FOUR-KILOMETRE COURSE AT THE WESTERN DAM OF HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR.

ENTRANTS WERE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS OF THREE, EACH GROUP COMPRISING TWO ABLE-BODIED AND ONE HANDICAPPED PERSON. THE FIRST FOUR GROUPS TO FINISH THE COURSE WERE AWARDED TROPHIES.

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR CHUI SAID THE COMPETITION PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED PERSONS TO JOIN TOGETHER FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND STRONGER CO-OPERATION.

THIS WAS THE SEVENTH YEAR THE EVENT HAD BEEN HELD, AND THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS HAD BEEN INCREASING EACH YEAR, MR CHUI SAID.

HE SAID GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN PUTTING A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT INTO PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES IN URBAN AREAS AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WITH MORE SWIMMING POOLS, SPORTSGROUNDS, COUNTRY PARKS AND HOLIDAY CAMPS BEING BUILT.

+SPORT AND RECREATION ARE IMPORTANT TO ALL, HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED ALIKE,+ MR CHUI SAID. +ACTIVITIES LIKE TODAY'S, WHEN ALL OF US CAN PURSUE LEISURELY COMPETITIONS IN THE BEAUTIFUL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ARE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH MIND AND BODY.

+MUTUAL CONCERN AND MUTUAL-HELP ARE ENGENDERED THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES. WITH OUR JOINT EFFORTS, A WELL-ROUNDED SOCIETY WILL BE BUILT AND LIVES WILL BE MORE ENJOYABLE, HE SAID.

TODAY'S EVENT WAS HELD WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.

FLYOVER EASES TRAFFIC FLOW

****

TRAFFIC FLOW IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN WILL BE EASED CONSIDERABLY WHEN A FLYOVER COMPLEX AT THE JUNCTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND TAXACO ROAD IS OPENED TO TRAFFIC AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

MR H.S. KWONG, SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK ON THE COMPLEX AND ASSOCIATED ROADWORKS, HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

+ THE CONTRACTOR IS NOW PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO THE MAIN FLYOVER OF THE COMPLEX,+ HE ADDED.

LYOVER