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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1983

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FOOTBALL TRAINING FOR HOUSING ESTATE RESIDENTS

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AN ESTATE SPORTS PROMOTION SCHEME IN TSUEN WAN WILL BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW (SUNDAY), PROVIDING EIGHT WEEKS OF FOOTBALL TRAINING AND. COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AT $180 000, THE SCHEME AIMS AT PROMOTING INTEREST IN FOOTBALL AMONG YOUTHS IN HOUSING ESTATES AND MAKING FULL USE OF FACILITIES IN THE ESTATES FOR HEALTHY SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

ALREADY, 52 TEAMS HAVE BEEN FORMED AND WILL TAKE PART IN TRAINING SESSIONS AND COMPETITIONS IN THE COMING WEEKENDS UNTIL EARLY OCTOBER.

TOMORROW, AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND AT 9.30 AM.

THE SCHEME'S CHAIRMAN, MR TSOI YUK-WA: THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER. MR FRANKIE LUI AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S RECREATION AND SPORTS COMMITTEE, MR CHOW HOW-CHEN WILL BE PRESENT.

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FREE LIFE-SAVING COURSE OFFERED

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YOUNGSTERS INTERESTED IN LIFE-SAVING ARE BEING GIVEN THE CHANCE TO RECEIVE FORMAL TRAINING AT YUEN LONG PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL.

AN EVENING LIFE-SAVING COURSE, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL START AT THE POOL ON NEXT SATURDAY, (AUGUST 20).

THE 15-SESSION TRAINING COURSE WILL THEN BE HELD ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS, EXCLUDING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, BETWEEN 6.45 PM AND 8.45 PM.

YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN SWIM MORE THAN 100 METRES BY BREAST STROKE AND ARE 14 YEARS OLD OR ABOVE ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THE CLASS, AN NTSD SPOKESMAN SAID,

AFTER THE COURSE TRAINEES WILL SIT FOR A BRONZE MEDALLION TEST HELD BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY.

APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE YUEN LONG PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL AT TAI YUK ROAD, YUEN LONG.

ENROLMENT FOR THE COURSE IS FREE AND IS NOW ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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