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SUNDAY, DECEMBE

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1981

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A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+

A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPO....., WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY JANUARY AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY,

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375).

ISLANDS DISTRICT ATHLETICS MEETING

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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT IN RECENT YEARS GOVERNMENT HAD MADE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE FACILITIES FOR SPORTS IN ISLANDS DISTRICT.

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S 4TH ANNUAL ATHLETICS MEETING HELD AT WONG CHUK HANG SPORTS GROUND, MR MACPHERSON SAID TUNG CHUNG SOCCER PITCH HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK ON STAGE 1 OF CHEUNG CHAU RECREATION GROUND HAD COMMENCED.

+ HOPE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WILL FIND THESE FACILITIES USEFUL IN DEVELOPING THEIR INTEREST AND POTENTIAL IN SPORTS, HE SAID.

MR MACPHERSON SAID THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING THE ATHLETICS MEETING WAS TO PROMOTE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE VARIOUS TRACK AND FIELD SPORTS, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS AMONG RESIDENTS OF ISLANDS DISTRICT. HE WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT MORE THAN 300 COMPETITORS HAD PARTICIPATED.

UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD, TODAY'S EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE EIGHT RURAL COMMITTEES.

+THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS SPIRIT WILL CONTINUE, NOT ONLY IN THE ORGANISATION OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES, BUT IN OTHER PURSUITS AS WELL, HE SAID.

THERE WERE ALTOGETHER 15 TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS.

TROPHIES AND MEDALS WERE PRESENTED TO WINNERS WHO WILL REPRESENT ISLANDS DISTRICT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES INTER-DISTRICT TOURNAMENT EARLY NEXT YEAR.

FUNDS FOR TODAY'S MEETING WERE PROVIDED BY ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.