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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1981

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TUEN MUN SPORTS GROUND OPENED

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JUST OVER 11 MONTHS AFTER THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID THE PEOPLE OF TUEN MUN HAVE AN EXCELLENT SPORTS GROUND, THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

MR AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FIRST PHASE OF TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND WHICH WILL BE USED FOR SOCCER MATCHES, ATHLETICS EVENTS AND OTHER DISTRICT FUNCTIONS.

IT IS A SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEST IN HONG KONG PRIVATE GENEROSITY AND PUBLIC SUPPORT DETERMINATION AND ENTERPRISE CO-OPERATION- AND A RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

+KE MUST HURRY, FOR THERE CAN BE NO TOWN IN THE WORLD LIKE TUEN MUN, WHERE HOUSING FOR 50 000 PEOPLE IS BEING BUILT AND OCCUPIED EVERY YEAR, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE SUPPORTING FACILITIES OF SCHOOLS, CLINICS AND OTHER SERVICES.+

HOUSING MUST REMAIN OUR PRINCIPAL CONCERN, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

BUT AN IMMENSE EFFORT WAS ALSO BEING MADE TO SPEED UP THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND, BY CREATING A TEAM OF WORKERS, TO ENSURE THAT THE BEST USE WAS MADE OF OUR RESOURCES AND THAT OUR FITNESS PROGRAMMES REACHED OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE.

+THIS SPORTS GROUND COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ADVANCED AHEAD OF ITS ORIGINAL PROGRAMME AND COMPLETED TODAY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR SIR SHIU KIN TANG'S GENEROUS DONATION OF $2 MILLION, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

+MAY I SAY ONCE AGAIN HOW MUCH HIS GENEROSITY IS APPRECIATED.

+ HOPE HE, TOO, WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE HOW WELL HIS MONEY HAS BEEN USED.+

MR AKERS-JONES THANKED ALL THOSE WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS EARLY COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, IN PARTICULAR THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE TOTAL COST OF THE SPORTS GROUND, SITUATED ON A THREE-HECTARE SITE ADJACENT TO TAI HING ESTATE, IS $8.3 MILLION.

FACILITIES INCLUDE A FULL-SIZE TURFED SOCCER PITCH, AN EIGHT- LANE 400-METRE ALL-WEATHER RUNNING TRACK, A SHOT PUT CIRCLE

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A DISCUS THROWING CAGE, A JAVELIN RUNWAY, AND A RUNWAY AND SANDPIT FOR POLE VAULT, AND HIGH, LONG AND TRIPLE JUMP.

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