FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1982
BETTER SWIMMING FACILITIES IN SHA TIN
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GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN CHILDREN IN SHA TIN COULD ONLY SWIM IN THE SEA NEAR THE SHORE.
THE SHA TIN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG SAID: +SCHOOL CHILDREN CAN NOW LEARN AND PRACTISE IN MODERNISED SWIMMING POOLS AND THEY WILL SOON REACH A HIGH STANDARD IN SWIMMING TECHNIQUES.+
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE 4TH SHA TIN PRIMARY SCHOOL SWIMMING COMPETITION HELD TODAY AT THE FULLY-EQUIPPED ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB PUBLIC SWIMMING COMPLEX IN SHA TIN.
MR CHENG COMPARED THE NOW AND THEN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL SWIMMING MEET.
+A FEW YEARS AGO, YOUNG SWIMMERS WERE LACK OF PROPER TRAINING FACILITIES. THEREFORE, SOME 25-METRE EVENTS WERE ALWAYS INCLUDED IN THE COMPETITION PROGRAMME TO ATTRACT MORE BEGINNERS.
+BUT NOW, ALL THE 25-METRE EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE THEY CAN FINISH THE STANDARD DISTANCE FOR COMPETITION,
ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION, THIS ANNUAL CONTEST HAD PROVED VERY POPULAR AND THIS YEAR THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS HAD GONE UP TO 289, COMPARED TO 170 LAST YEAR, HE SAID.
+ IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THE EFFORT OF THE SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION IN PROMOTING SPORTING ACTIVITIES DOES BEAR FRUIT, HE ADDED.
THE WINNING TEAMS AND INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES WILL REPRESENT SHA TIN TO COMPETE IN THE INTER-DISTRICT GAME ON JUNE 18.
CAD HEADQUARTERS MOVES TO UNITED CENTRE ****
THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT WILL MOVE ITS HEADQUARTERS TO UNITED CENTRE, 10TH FLOOR, QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG OVER THE WEEKEND.
ALL DIVISIONS AND SECTIONS WILL RESUME NORMAL BUSINESS AT THE NEW HEADQUARTERS ON MONDAY (JUNE 7). THE NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER WILL BE 5-297518.
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