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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1981

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TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL OPENS

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THERE IS GROWING APPRECIATION THAT A BALANCE MUST BE FOUND IN SPORTING AND ACADEMIC SKILLS, THE SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, MR ALAN SCOTT, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

MR SCOTT WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRD TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL AT OSMAN SADICK RAMJU INDOOR GAMES HALL, KWAI CHUNG.

+AS I UNDERSTAND IT, CHINESE TRADITION TENDED TO PLACE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT VERY MUCH SECOND TO ACHIEVEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL SKILLS, HE SAID.

+THE BRITISH TRADITION, ON THE OTHER HAND, PROBABLY EMPHASISED SPORTING SKILLS AT THE EXPENSE OF ACADEMIC SKILLS.

+WHAT WE FIND NOW IN HONG KONG IS A GROWING APPRECIATION THAT NEITHER VIEW IS CORRECT: THAT A BALANCE MUST BE FOUND, + HE SAID.

HE ALSO DESCRIBED AS A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT THE HOLDING OF EVENTS INSIDE HOUSING ESTATES, AN EXCELLENT WAY, HE SAID, TO INVOLVE YET MORE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MR SCOTT IS PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, MORE THAN 70 EVENTS, INCLUDING A GO-KART RACE AND A WATER CARNIVAL, WILL BE HELD AT SPORTING VENUES IN THE DISTRICT.

ADMISSION TO ALL FESTIVAL EVENTS IS FREE. TICKETS AND PROGRAMME BROCHURES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES AND OFFICES OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE FEDERATION OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION.

ABOUT $350 000 WILL BE SPENT ON THE FESTIVAL, OF WHICH $250 000 COMES FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REST FROM LOCAL DONATIONS.

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, AND THE FESTIVAL CHAIRMAN, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN.

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

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