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+A SITE FOR A COMPLEX TO HOUSE THESE FACILITIES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE SPORTSGROUND IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED, HE ADDED.

MR SWEETMAN EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT WITH CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE SAI KUNG SPORTS ASSOCIATION, THE SA KUNG DISTRICT BOARD AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THE SAI KUNG TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND A TRAINING GROUND FOR FUTURE CHAMPIONS AND TO DO JUSTICE TO THE NAME OF THE IR

ENEROUS BENEFACTOR.

THE SPORTSGROUND COST $6 MILLION, OF WHICH $3 MILLION WAS GIVEN BY SIR SHIU-KIN.

THE TIMELY AND GENEROUS DONATION HAD MADE A REALITY OF THE PROJECT, MR SWEETMAN SAID.

BEFORE LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE SPORTSGROUND, THE SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO SIR SHIU-KIN FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT.

SIR SHIU-K IN'S CHARITABLE DONATIONS TO COMMUNITY AND WELFARE PROJECTS IN HONG KONG THIS FINANCIAL YEAR TOTALLED MORE THAN $22 MILLION, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

+THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS HAS GONE TOWARDS PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MAJOR DONATIONS INCLUDE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THIS SPORTSGROUND, ANOTHER IN TUEN MUN, AND A NEW INDOOR GAMES HALL IN NORTH KWAI CHUNG.

+THESE CONTRIBUTIONS GIVE TREMENDOUS ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT IN HELPING TO ACHIEVE THE TARGETS SET FOR PROVIDING THE FACILITIES NEEDED BY OUR RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITIES AND I HOPE THAT OTHERS ILL FOLLOW HIS SUPREME EXAMPLE.

+THIS DISTRICT SPORTSGROUND IS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF 6 000 SCHOOL CHILDREN AND 30 000 RESIDENTS WITHIN COMFORTABLE WALK ING DISTANCE OF THE SAI KUNG TOWN AND FILLS A LONG-FELT NEED, HE SAID. SIR SHIU-K IN WAS PRESENTED WITH A SILVER PLATE BY MR SWEETMAN, WHILE MR AKERS-JONES ACCEPTED A TROWEL FROM SIR SHIU-KIN.

ALSO ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WERE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SOUTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JAMES WILSON= THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR C.S. LEE- THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHUNG POON AND THE CHAIRMAN OF HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEE, MR YAU KEI.

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