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SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1982

YUEN LONG SQUASH COURTS HEAVILY USED

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THE YUEN LONG SIR DENYS ROBERTS SQUASH COURT HAS AN OVERALL AVERAGE USAGE RATE OF 95 PER CENT, SAID THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG.

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND YUEN LONG DISTRICT SQUASH OPEN COMPETITION AT THE SQUASH COURT TODAY (SUNDAY), MR LEUNG SAID SQUASH HAD BECOME A POPULAR SPORT IN YUEN LONG SINCE THE OPENING OF THE COMPLEX.

AS A RESULT, THE SECOND OPEN COMPETITION ATTRACTED 134 PLAYERS, INCLUDING 42 WOMEN AND 92 MEN, MR LEUNG SAID.

THE THREE WEEK-LONG COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE YUEN LONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD HELPED TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE SPORT AND UPGRADE THE STANDARDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS, HE SAID.

MR LEUNG ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SQUASH COACH, MR PETER HARTLEY, FOR ORGANISING A STUDY CLASS ON THE RULES OF THE SPORT TO COINCIDE WITH THE OPEN COMPETITION.

ALSO TAKING PART IN THE CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR JAMES WILSON: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MR CHIU YUK-CHUEN; AND THE OFFICER OF THE ASSOCIATION'S SQUASH SECTION, MR LEE KEI-BUN.

INFORMATIVE SLIDE SHOW FOR TAI PO THA RESIDENTS

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MORE THAN 10 000 TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA RESIDENTS IN TAI PO WILL BE TREATED NEXT WEEK TO A 30-MINUTE INFORMATIVE SLIDE SHOW ON PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE DISTRICT.

ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE SHOW WILL BE HELD AT THE BASKETBALL FIELD OPPOSITE BLOCK 95 OF YUE KOK TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AT 8.30 PM ON TUESDAY (AUGUST 10).

IT WILL PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION ON EXISTING SERVICES SUCH AS MEDICAL, SOCIAL WELFARE, LEGAL AID, RECREATION, EDUCATION AND TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

CHANGES IN TAI PO AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANS WILL ALSO BE

BRIEFED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID IT WAS HOPED THAT THE SHOW WOULD KEEP THE RESIDENTS BETTER INFORMED AND UPDATED ON THE NEW TOWN THEY LIVED IN.

+ IF THE RESPONSE IS GOOD, SIMILAR FUNCTIONS WILL BE ARRANGED WHEN THE THA'S TWO NEW EXTENSIONS ARE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR TO ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER 4 000 RESIDENTS, HE ADDED.