SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1982
A SIXTH FAIR WILL BE HELD AT TUEN MUN SAN HUI PLAYGROUND AND TRADERS WHO WISH TO BID FOR ONE OF THE 100 STALL SITES THERE ARE ADVISED TO GO TO THE TAI HING COMMUNITY HALL AT TAI HING ESTATE ON JANUARY 5 WHEN THE AUCTIONING OF THE STALL SITES WILL TAKE PLACE.
THE SHEUNG SHUI FAIR, TO BE HELD AT SHEK WU MARKET PLAYGROUND, WILL HAVE 113 STALL SITES AND THE AUCTIONING WILL TAKE PLACE AT FANLING SWIMMING POOL ON JANUARY 6.
THE UPSET PRICE FOR EACH SITE WOULD BE $75 EACH AND THE HIGHEST BID, ON THE FALL OF THE HAMMER, WILL BE ACCEPTED IN ALL CASES,
SITE PLANS SHOWING THE STALLS TO BE AUCTIONED AT VARIOUS FAIRS WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICES OF THE NTSD LATER THIS MONTH.
ISLANDS DISTRICT FIFTH ATHLETIC MEET
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ALTHOUGH SPORTS FACILITIES ON OUTLYING ISLANDS ARE COMPARATIVELY INADEQUATE, DIFFICULTIES COULD BE OVERCOME THROUGH CO-OPERATION AMONG GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, RURAL COMMITTEES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
MR FUNG WHO WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION OF THE DISTRICT'S FIFTH ATHLETIC MEET AT WONG CHUK HANG SPORTS GROUND SAID OVER THE PAST YEARS, MANY ISLANDS RESIDENTS HAD TURNED GOOD ATHLETES.
+THEY HAD ACHIEVED PROMINENT RESULTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE RECENT NEW TERRITORIES INTER-DISTRICT ATHLETIC MEETS.
+THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING THIS SPORTS MEET, WHICH IS IN ITS FIFTH YEAR, IS TO PROMOTE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN BOTH TRACK AND FIELD SPORTS.
+BY TAKING PART IN THE EVENTS, YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN THE SPIRIT OF FAIR COMPETITION.
TODAY'S EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE DISTRICT'S EIGHT RURAL COMMITTEES, AND SPONSORED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD.
MORE THAN 400 COMPETITORS TOOK PART IN ABOUT 60 ITEMS OF FIELD AND TRACK EVENTS.
THE WINNERS WILL REPRESENT ISLANDS DISTRICT IN THE COMING NEW TERRITORIES INTER-DISTRICT ATHLETIC MEETS IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.
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