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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1981

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THIRD TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED

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PLANS ARE WELL ADVANCED TO PROVIDE TWO TEMPORARY SPORT CENTRES IN TSUEN WAN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION, THE TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE TWO CENTRES, IN CHEUNG HONG ESTATE ON TSING YI ISLAND AND AT MEI WAN STREET IN THE HEART OF TSUEN WAN, WILL BE READY BY MARCH NEXT YEAR.

IN ADDITION, HE SAID, TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALLOCATED $200 000 THIS FINANCIAL YEAR TO PROMOTE RECREATION AND SPORT IN HOUSING ESTATES. A WORKING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED TO CO-ORDINATE AND HELP ORGANISE SUCH ACTIVITIES.

DR HAYES WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE THIRD TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL WHICH WILL BE HELD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 7 AND 29.

+ IT IS NO USE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO JOIN IN THE FESTIVAL IF, FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, FOR VARIOUS REASONS CONNECTED WITH TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION, THEY ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PREVENTED OR DETERRED FROM USING THE FACILITIES TO THE IR FULL EXTENT,+ HE SAID.

+OUR AIM IS TO MAXIMISE THE USE OF AMENITIES, NOT JUST FOR THESE THREE WEEKS BUT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR,+ HE STRESSED.

+THE ANNUAL SPORTS FESTIVAL, WITH ITS CONCENTRATION ON SPORTING ACTIVITIES, IS AN EXCELLENT WAY OF SPURRING US ON AND REMINDING US OF OUR OBJECTIVES, HE ADDED.

FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL, MORE THAN 70 ACTIVITIES, FRIENDLY MATCHES AND GROUP PERFORMANCES ARE BE ING ORGANISED. A GO-KART RACE AND EVENTS FOR THE HANDICAPPED, INTRODUCED LAST YEAR, WILL BE REPEATED.

THE FESTIVAL CHAIRMAN, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN, SAID ABOUT $300 000 WOULD BE SPENT, OF WHICH $250 000 WOULD COME FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REST FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS,

ADMISSION TO ALL FESTIVAL EVENTS WILL BE FREE. TICKETS AND PROGRAMME BROCHURES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES AND OFFICES OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE FEDERATION OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION.

AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7 AT 3 PM AT THE OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL GAMES HALL IN KWAI CHUNG. THE SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, MR ALAN SCOTT, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, WILL OFFICIATE.

THE FESTIVAL IS BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE FEDERATION OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION.

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