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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1982

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WILL START THE CELEBRATIONS AT 2.30 PM AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND.

IN THE EAST OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, MR CHARLES YEUNG, WILL START OFF THE CELEBRATIONS AT FANLING RECREATION GROUND AT 10 AM. AMONG THE 23 EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE REGION ARE A CROSS-COUNTRY RACE, A PARACHUTE PERFORMANCE AND A CANOEING FUN DAY.

IN THE WEST AT SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND, A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECREATION AND SPORT, MR HOWARD YOUNG, WILL PERFORM THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 10 AM. SOME 25 EVENTS ARE PLANNED FOR THE DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES YUEN LONG AREA.

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MORE COMMUNITY AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ON TSING YI

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MORE COMMUNITY AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WILL BE ADDED TO TSING YI ISLAND IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, ITS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TAM WING-PONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MOSTLY LOCATED IN THE TWIN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES OF CHEUNG CHING AND CHEUNG HONG, THESE FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE A CLINIC, A COMMUNITY NURSING CENTRE, A FAMILY HEALTH CENTRE, A POST OFFICE AND A POLICE NEIGHBOURHOOD" UNIT WHICH WILL ALL BE OPERATIVE BY JUNE.

IN ADDITION, A TEMPORARY SPORTS CENTRE AT CHEUNG HONG ESTATE WILL SOON BE READY FOR USE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL-WEATHER BASKETBALL COURT, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL AND A SOCCER PITCH NEAR THE ESTATES ARE WELL UNDER WAY.

+WITH THESE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES, MEMBERS OF LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS WILL HAVE MORE VENUES TO ORGANISE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES,+ HE SAID.

MR TAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE 18TH TERM OF THE TSING YI RURAL COMMITTEE TODAY,

BEGINNING THIS YEAR, MEMBERS OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE WILL SERVE FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS, INSTEAD OF ONE AS IN THE PAST, TO COINCIDE WITH THE TERM OF OFFICE OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

BOTH THE CHAIRMAN, MR CHAN TIN-SUNG,

MR CHAN TIN-SUNG, AND VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR TANG LAP CHI, HAVE BEEN RE-ELECTED.

HAVE BEEN RE-ELECTED. THERE ARE SEVEN EXECUTIVE MEMBERS SERVING THE COMMITTEE.

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S INAUGURATION WERE THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, HEUNG YEE KUK CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG- FAT AND AN APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHAN PO-FONG.

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