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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1982

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES CONVERGED ON VICTORIA PARK AND OTHER RECREATION GROUNDS TODAY TO TAKE PART IN A DAY OF FUN AND GAMES TO MARK THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

ABOUT 100 SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS WERE ORGANISED FOR MASS PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY. IN ADDITION, A BAND PERFORMANCE WAS HELD AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE HONG KONG CHINESE YOUTH ORCHESTRA WILL GIVE A CONCERT AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL THIS EVENING,

THE FIRST EVENT KICKED OFF AT 9.15 AM FOLLOWING A CEREMONY AT VICTORIA PARK, PRESIDED OVER BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR JOHN BREMRIDGE, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM.

IN HIS ADDRESS MR BREMRIDGE SAID THE SPORTS-FOR-ALL DAY, ORIGINATED SIX YEARS AGO ON THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY, WAS NOW AN ANNUAL EVENT.

+| AM DELIGHTED TO SEE MORE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC,+ HE SAID.

+OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE HAS ORGANISED SOME 22 000 PROJECTS FOR A TOTAL OF 2.5 MILLION PARTICIPANTS.

*THE SUPPORT FROM LOCAL LEADERS AND ORGANISATIONS HAS BEEN VITAL. SOME OF THE LEADERS ARE WITH US TODAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PAY MY TRIBUTE TO THEIR EFFORTS AND PUBLIC SPIRIT,+ HE SAID.

MR WIGGHAM IN HIS WELCOMING ADDRESS SAID THE MAIN OBJECTIVE BEHIND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT'S TERRITORY-WIDE PROGRAMME OF SPORTS AND RECREATION EVENTS, HELD IN 38 VENUES ALL OVER THE TERRITORY TODAY, WAS TO PROVIDE A DAY OF FUN AND ENJOYMENT FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

HE ADDED THAT THROUGH EXTENSIVE PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INSPIRED, NOT ONLY INTO BECOMING SPECTATORS, BUT ALSO INTO PARTICIPATING, EITHER IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL RECREATION, OR IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE.

IN KOWLOON, THE MAJOR EVENTS WERE HELD IN KOWLOON PARK AND KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND. IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THEY TOOK PLACE IN SHA TSUI ROAD AND FANLING PLAYGROUNDS.

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