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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1983

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SCHOOL FOOTBALLERS FOR SEOUL TOURNAMENT

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INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC MEETS ARE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE BECAUSE THEY GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES A CHANCE TO MEET NOT ONLY ON THE PLAYING FIELD BUT SOCIALLY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

+ IN SHARING THEIR SKILLS THEY WILL LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THE GREAT VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF SPORTSMANSHIP, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND SELF-DISCIPLINE,+ HE SAID.

MR HAYE, WHO IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS COUNCIL, WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS DURING WHICH HE PRESENTED THE HONG KONG FLAG TO THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TEAM.

THE TEAM WILL TAKE PART IN THE 12TH ASIAN SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, BETWEEN MAY 21 AND 30.

MR HAYE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW CLOSELY FOLLOWING SPORTS DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES FOR YOUTH ORGANISED BY VARIOUS NATIONAL BODIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

+YOUNG ATHLETES OF POTENTIAL ARE BEING IDENTIFIED AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE STAGE SO THAT TRAINING PROGRAMMES CAN BE ARRANGED FOR THEM.

+THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS COUNCIL IS PLAYING A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS RESPECT AND I AM SURE THAT MORE

OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE OPENING UP FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO TAKE PART IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS, MR HAYE SAID.

IN ADDITION TO HONG KONG, SEVEN COUNTRIES WILL TAKE PART IN THE TOURNAMENT, THEY ARE SOUTH KOREA, BRUNEI, SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, THAILAND AND INDIA, HONG KONG WAS THE THIRD RUNNER-UP LAST YEAR.

SEVENTEEN TOP SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS, ALL UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO REPRESENT HONG KONG ON THIS OCCASION AND ARE IN RIGOROUS TRAINING UNDER A FOOTBALL COACH OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, MR CHAN YONG-CHONG.

THE TEAM WILL LEAVE FOR SEOUL ON MAY 20.

THE PLAYERS ARE SHAO WAI-YIP, WONG WING-SUN, TANG KWOK-YAN, LAW WING-WAH, CHAN WAI-CHIU, LEUNG WING-CHIU, WONG CHUNG-MING HAU TAK-WA, YEH SAI-NANG, FOK KING-CHEUNG, CHAN SHU-KWONG, LEE WAT-LUN, LUI MAN-KIT, FUNG TAK-SHUN, HOW YIU-PUN, LAW WAI-CHI AND LEE FUK-WING.

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