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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1981

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SATURDAY NIGHT RECREATION IN KWAI CHUNG

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AN EXPERIMENTAL RECREATION SCHEME IS TO BE LAUNCHED IN KWAI CHUNG ESTATE ON SATURDAY EVENINGS STARTING EARLY NEXT MONTH.

KNOWN AS THE +KWAI CHUNG ESTATE SATURDAY NIGHT RECREATION SCHEME, IT WILL BE HELD FROM 6.30 PM TO 9 PM ON 10 EVENINGS UNTIL EARLY JULY.

SPORTING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BADMINTON, TABLE TENNIS, TRAMPOLINING AND ROLLER SKATING WILL BE AVAILABLE INSIDE THE PLAYGROUND ADJACENT TO BLOCKS 3 TO 5 OF THE ESTATE.

A MOBILE CENTRE, MANNED BY STAFF OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, WILL BE PRESENT. STAFF WILL HELP ORGANISE AND ARRANGE SPORTING DEMONSTRATIONS, COMPETITIONS, TRAINING CLASSES AND EXHIBITIONS.

+THE SCHEME IS BEING INTRODUCED BECAUSE SOME RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITHIN THE ESTATE ARE UNDER-UTILISED, ESPECIALLY AFTER DARK,+ KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRED TING, SAID.

HE SAID THIS MIGHT BE DUE TO LACK OF PROPER LIGHTING IN SOME OF THESE FACILITIES OR BECAUSE PARENTS OBJECTED TO THEIR CHILDREN PLAYING OUTSIDE AFTER DARK FOR FEAR THEY MIGHT BE INFLUENCED BY BAD ELEMENTS.

PROPER LIGHTING IS BEING INSTALLED IN THE PLAYGROUND AND STAFF OF THE ESTATE'S POLICE NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT WILL PATROL THE AREA FREQUENTLY.

+CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE ESTATE CAN GO THERE INDIVIDUALLY OR IN GROUPS AND JOIN THE SCHEME ON THE SPOT. THERE IS NO NEED FOR ADVANCE BOOKING AND ALL EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, HE SAID,

THE SCHEME WOULD BE EVALUATED AFTER THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD, AND WOULD BE EXTENDED TO OTHER ESTATES IN THE AREA IF FOUND TO BE POPULAR, MR TING SAID.

THE SCHEME IS BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, HOUSING DEPARTMENT, KWAI CHUNG POLICE DIVISION AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES.

IT IS FINANCED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD.

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