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MONDAY, MAY 31, 1982

MORE SPORTS AND RECREATION FACILITIES FOR TUEN MUN

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THE GOVERNMENT IS FULLY AWARE OF THE NEED TO PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SPORTS AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN TUEN MUN WHERE THE POPULATION IS RAPIDLY INCREASING, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE TUEN MUN SPORTS ASSOCIATION 20TH TERM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR MACPHERSON DISCLOSED THAT A SERIES OF SUCH PROJECTS HAD BEEN STARTED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

+THE FIRST OF THESE PROJECTS IS THE YAN OF TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR 'SPORTS CENTRE WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, HE SAID.

+A SWIMMING POOL TO BE BUILT BY THE YAN OI TONG WITH DONATION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1983.

+PHASE OF THE TUEN MUN CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX WHICH WILL INCLUDE A MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM FOR 1 400 SPECTATORS IS PROGRAMMED FOR COMPLETION IN 1984/85.

+APART FROM THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALSO ALLOCATED MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION THIS YEAR FOR SPORTS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO BE ORGANISED BY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.+

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, 40 EXECUTIVE MEMBERS WERE INAUGURATED FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM OF OFFICE.

THE ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED 46 YEARS AGO TO PROMOTE SPORTS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES FOR THE RURAL COMMUNITY AND WAS FORMALLY REGISTERED IN 1962 TO KEEP IN PACE WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

+OVER THE YEARS, THE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN PROMOTING SPORT AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY ORGANISED NUMEROUS SPORTING COMPETITIONS IN THE DISTRICT,+ MR MACPHERSON SAID.

HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE TUEN MUN SPORTS ASSOCIATION, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS MAKING TUEN MUN A HEALTHY AND BALANCED COMMUNITY.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE INAUGURATION WERE THE FOUNDER AND PERMANENT PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR CHAN YAT-SUN: THE PRESIDENT, MR LAU WONG-FAT; AND THE CHAIRMAN, MR TANG TUNG-CHIU.

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