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MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1981

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MORE SPORTS EVENTS PLANNED FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

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WINNERS OF FIVE SPORTS EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITOR IES SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION (YUEN LONG) WERE TODAY (MONDAY) PRESENTED WITH PRIZES BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG, AT YUEN LONG TOWN HALL.

MORE THAN 800 CHILDREN FROM 42 LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOOK PART IN THE COMPETITIONS IN TABLE-TENNIS, BADMINTON, SOCCER, VOLLEY BALL AND BASKETBALL.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR CHEUNG KWAI-LUNG, SAID THE COMPETITIONS ARE HELD EVERY YEAR, WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

IF THERE ARE SUITABLE VENUES, IT IS HOPED THAT OTHER SPORTS LIKE TENNIS AND SWIMMING, AND POSSIBLY WOMEN'S SOCCER, WILL BE HELD IN THE FUTURE, HE SAID.

THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION, SET UP IN 1954, NOW HAS THREE SECONDARY AND 11 PRIMARY SCHOOL BRANCHES.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF POK 01 HOSPITAL, MR LAI KAM-MAN.

DOUBLE TREAT FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE ****

ELDERLY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG RECEIVED A DOUBLE TREAT THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THEY MET FILM AND TELEVISION ACTRESS FUNG PO PO AND RECEIVED $30-LA ISEES IN THE CUSTOMARY RED PACKETS FROM HER.

MISS FUNG HANDED OUT 470 OF THE PACKETS THIS AFTERNOON, AND WILL BE CONTINUING HER VISITS TO NEARLY 40 HOMES FOR THE AGED ALL OVER HONG KONG FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, TO GIVE OUT SOME $140 000 DONATED BY PHILANTHROPIST SIR SHIU-KIN TANG IN CELEBRATION OF HIS RECENT BIRTHDAY TO NEARLY 4 600 PEOPLE.

ACCOMPANIED BY SIR SHIU-KIN, HIMSELF, MRS EVELYN DOE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, AND MRS C.B. CHIU, WIFE OF A FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE PO LEUNG KUK, MISS FUNG PO PO STARTED THE DAY WITH A VISIT TO THE DAVID TRENCH HOME FOR THE AGED AT ABERDEEN. SHE THEN WENT ON TO ST. MARY'S HOME IN WONG CHUK HANG AND THE SALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S SHELTER IN WAN CHAI, DURING HER VISITS, SHE DEVOTED A LOT OF TIME TO CHATTING WITH THE ELDERLY PEOPLE.

THE BALANCE OF THE MONEY DONATED FOR THE LAISEE DISTRIBUTION, WILL BE SPENT ON OTHER WELFARE PROJECTS. SIR SHIU KIN IS FOUNDER OF THE TANG SHIU-KIN-HO TIM CHARITABLE FUND ADMINISTERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE ACTING AS THE TRUSTEE.