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SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1983

GOVERNOR TO OPEN SAL KUNG TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND

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THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEWLY BUILT SAI KUNG TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND ON FRIDAY (MAY 27).

THE SPORTS GROUND, COMPLETED EARLY THIS YEAR, HAS BECOME A SPORTS CENTRE FOR YOUNGSTERS IN SAI KUNG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

IT HAS BEEN FULLY BOOKED SINCE ITS OPENING IN MARCH AND MORE THAN 300 EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD THERE.

THE SPORTS GROUND WAS BUILT AT THE COST OF $6 MILLION, FUNDED JOINTLY BY THE GOVERNMENT AND SIR SHIU-KIN TANG,

THE SPORTS GROUND, WITH AN AREA OF 24 000 SQUARE METRES, LOCATED NEXT TO THE SAÍ KUNG POLICE STATION, WITHIN A WALKING DISTANCE OF THE TOWN CENTRE.

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IT HAS A FULL-SIZE TURFED SOCCER PITCH WITH FLOODLIGHTS AND AN ELECTRONIC TIMER AND SCOREBOARD, A SIX-LANE ALL-WEATHER RUNNING TRACK AND A WIDE RANGE OF TRACK-AND-FIELD FACILITIES.

ITS OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE A BASKETBALL COURT WHICH CAN BE CONVERTED FOR VOLLEYBALL, A COVERED STAND FOR OVER 1 000 SPECTATORS, A REFRESHMENT KIOSK, CHANGING ROOMS AND SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED.

SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR BRIAN WILSON, AND THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, WILL JOIN THE GOVERNOR AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

ALSO TAKING PART IN THE FUNCTION WILL BE THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR HAIDER BARMA, THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, AND THE CHAIRMEN OF SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEES, MR CHUNG PUN AND MR YAU KEI.

NOTE TO EDITORS1

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SPORTS GROUND AT 3.30 PM ON FRIDAY (MAY 27). INFORMATION OFFICERS OF THE NTSD WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.

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