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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1981

1 000 TAKING PART IN SPORTS MEET

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MORE THAN 1 000 COMPETITORS WILL TAKE PART IN THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT ATHLETIC MEET TO BE HELD AT MONG KOK STADIUM ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 22).

THE ATHLETIC MEET, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS COMMITTEE AND SHAM SHUI PO COUNCIL FOR PROMOTION OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL SERVICES, AIMS AT ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE AND MUTUL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND AT PUBLICISING THE ANTI-DRUG THEME.

TAKING PART WILL BE STUDENTS, WORKING YOUTHS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN SHAM SHUI PO, WHO WILL COMPETE IN A WIDE RANGE OF EVENTS, INCLUDING RUNNING, HIGH JUMP, BROAD JUMP, SOFT BALL THROWING AND SHOTPUT.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 9 AM WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS TAKING PART.

BEACH CARNIVAL TO BE HELD IN TSUEN WAN

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A CARNIVAL WILL BE HELD ON LIDO BEACH, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, ON SUNDAY MORNING (NOVEMBER 22) AS PART OF THE THIRD TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL.

EVENTS WILL INCLUDE A BEACH PARADE, CANOE RACING, BEACH GAMES AND A PERFORMANCE BY THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE BAND.

ABOUT 400 MEN AND WOMEN FROM LOCAL WATER SPORTS ORGANISATIONS AND LIFE-SAVING TEAMS FROM KOWLOON, HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE NEW TERRITOR IES WILL TAKE PART.

TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, WILL TAKE THE SALUTE DURING THE BEACH PARADE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL, MR CHAU HAU-CHEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH OF THE HONG KONG LIFE-SAVING ASSOCIATION, MR LAU HON-WAH, AND NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR JAMES WILSON, WILL ALSO OFFIC⚫TE.

THE CARNIVAL ORGANISERS ARE THE SPORTS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE AND HONG KONG LIFE-SAVING ACOCIATION. TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD IS SPONSORING THE EVENT WHICH IS ONE OF THE 50 FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES BEING HELD FROM NOVEMBER 7 TO 28.

THE FESTIVAL IS BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD WHICH HAS ALLOCATED $250 000, 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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