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SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1983
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+ IF THEY DO THIS, THEY ARE GIVEN THE OPTION OF A REASONABLE CASH ALLOWANCE — $4 500 FOR EACH ELIGIBLE ABLE-BODIED SINGLE PERSON OR $9 000 FOR A TWO-PERSON FAMILY WHICH SHOULD ENABLE THEM TO RENT SUITABLE ACCOMMODATION OF THEIR OWN CHOICE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
+SHOULD THEY WISH TO BE REHOUSED INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING THE ALLOWANCE. ABLE-BODIED SINGLE PERSONS ARE OFFERED HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION, AND TWO-PERSON FAMILIES ARE ALLOCATED TEMPORARY HOUSING.+
FITNESS DRILL FOR CHEUNG CHAU ISLANDERS ****
THE PROVISION OF MORE RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT WOULD HELP ENRICH THEIR SIMPLE RUSTIC LIVES AND OFFER MORE VENUES FOR RELAXATION, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE +FUN SPORTS DAY+ HELD AT CHEUNG CHAU SPORTS GROUND, MR YAP SAID THAT SEVEN SIMILAR SPORTS DAYS WOULD ALSO BE HELD AT DIFFERENT VENUES FOR OTHER ISLANDERS LATER THIS YEAR.
TODAY'S EVENT MARKED THE START OF A DISTRICT-WIDE SPORTS PROGRAMME — +VITALITY FOR ALL ISLANDERS+ — AIMED AT PROMOTING SPORTS ACTIVITIES,' AS WELL AS CULTIVATING A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS
ONG RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
CHEUNG CHAU ISLANDERS, YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE, HAD A DAY OF FUN AND ACTIVITIES AS THEY TOOK PART IN THE VARIOUS GAMES AND TELEMATCHES ORGANISED FOR THE OCCASION.
THEY MOVED THEIR LIMBS AND SWUNG THEIR BODIES, IN UNISON WITH TVB ARTISTS AND THE STATION'S MODELS OF FITNESS MR VITALITY AND MISS VITALITY TO THE RHYTHM OF THE FITNESS EXERCISE DRILL.
EARLIER IN THE MORNING, THEY SAW SOME 200 PLAYERS REPRESENTING THE EIGHT RURAL AREAS -- CHEUNG CHAU, TAI O, PENG CHAU, SOUTH LANTAU, NORTH LAMMA, MUI WO, SOUTH LAMMA AND TUNG CHUNG - ENGAGE IN SOCCER, BASKETBALL AND TABLE TENNIS COMPETITIONS.
THE COMPETITIONS STARTED OFF THE LEAGUE MATCHES WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED IN MARCH NEXT YEAR,
MR YAP SAID THAT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE EIGHT RURAL COMMITTEES AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, MORE SPORTS AND
ECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WILL BE ORGANISED FOR RESIDENTS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.
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