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SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1982

CENTRAL AND WESTERN SPORTS FESTIVAL

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AN EIGHT-DAY SPORTS FESTIVAL FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CITY DISTRICT WAS OPENED TODAY BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG.

THE FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CITY DISTRICT BOARD, THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN OFFICE) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.

IN HER SPEECH, MRS WONG SAID THAT RECREATION AND SPORT ACTIVITIES WERE INDISPENSABLE TO A HEALTHY LIFE.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THIS FESTIVAL, BOTH RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES WILL BE PROMOTED, AND PARTICIPATION IN THESE ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE FOSTERED, SHE SAID.

OTHER OFFICIALS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MR LEUNG SIK-WAH AND THE PRESIDENTS OF THE ASSOCIATION,

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FESTIVAL WILL INCLUDE A SAILING TRAINING CAMP AT TAI MEI TUK WATER SPORT CENTRE, A FAMILY SWIM-IN, A CHILDREN'S CART RACE AND ALSO VARIOUS FUN DAYS FOR ALL.

A CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 1 AT CHATER GARDEN, CENTRAL AND THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR TONY COOPER WILL BE OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY.

MAJOR CLEAN-UP FOR RIVER INDUS LAUNCHED

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A MAJOR CLEAN-UP OPERATION IS BEING CARRIED OUT ALONG THE POLLUTED 24-KILOMETRE RIVER INDUS IN NORTH DISTRICT AS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S EFFORT TO IMPROVE ITS OVERALL ENVIRONMENT.

THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS MOBILISED 50 WORKERS AND SEVERAL VEHICLES FOR THE FOUR-MONTH OPERATION.

LARGE QUANTITIES OF POLLUTANTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE RIVER COURSE BETWEEN KOWLOON HANG AND TONG HANG, AND CLEANSING WORK IS IN PROGRESS ON THE NEXT SECTION BETWEEN ON LOK TSUEN AND MA SZE PO.

INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING OF WASTE AND DOMESTIC REFUSE INTO THE RIVER BY PIG AND POULTRY FARMERS AS WELL AS OTHER VILLAGERS HAS BEEN THE MAIN CAUSE OF ITS POLLUTION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE CURRENT CLEAN-UP OPERATION IS THE FOURTH ONE FOR RIVER INDUS SINCE 1971.