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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1983

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HE ALSO NOTED THAT TWO GIRLS, MISS FUNG YUET-WAR, AND MISS AU YEUNG SUK-FUN HAD EACH WON THREE GOLD MEDALS. MISS FUNG ALSO WON A SILVER MEDAL.

MISS FUNG LATER PRESENTED ONE OF HER GOLD MEDALS TO SIR

PHILIP, AS A SOUVENIR.

A TEAM OF 35 PERSONS AND EIGHT OFFICIALS FROM THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED TOOK PART IN THE 1983 STOKE MANDEVILLE GAMES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM LAST MONTH.

THEY TOOK PART IN TABLE TENNIS, COMPETITIONS AND GAINED 20 MEDALS - FOUR BRONZE.

SHOOTING, FENCING AND ATHLETICS NINE GOLD, SEVEN SILVER AND

HONG KONG TOOK SEVENTH POSITION OUT OF 38 PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES.

WHILE THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WERE COMPETING IN THE U.K. A TEAM OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED MEN AND WOMEN, LED BY SIX OFFICIALS OF THE HONG KONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, TOOK PART IN THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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THIRTY COUNTRIES AND 4 000 COMPETITORS TOOK PART IN THE GAMES. THE HONG KONG TEAM WON 19 MEDALS 11 GOLD, FOUR SILVER AND FOUR BRONZE.

THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORTS, WHICH ADMINISTERS THE PROMOTION OF SPORTS VOTE, APPROVED A SUM OF ABOUT $339 000 -- REPRESENTING 85 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL EXPENSE OF THE TWO TEAMS FOR THE TWO EVENTS.

NT TRANSPORT SYSTEM GROWING

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THE NEW TERRITORIES TRANSPORT SYSTEM NOW SERVED MORE THAN 30 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL POPULATION, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S ACTING CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER MR DANIEL AU SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR AU SAID THAT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TRANSPORT SERVICES, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT NOTED THE RAPID POPULATION INCREASE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

HE SAID ALSO THAT A PLANNING TEAM IN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WAS CONDUCTING A COSTING EXERCISE IN COLLABORATION WITH KMB.

UNDER THE AGREED PROGRAMME, KMB WILL BE REQUIRED TO ALLOCATE 1 150 BUSES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BY THE END OF JULY 1985, ADDING ANOTHER 330 BUSES TO THE PRESENT FLEET,

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