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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1983

PROGRESS ON LONG TERM DISTRICT BOARD PROJECTS AND MATTERS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, ALTHOUGH NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE BOARD, WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEWSLETTERS.

+AT PRESENT, RESIDENTS LEARN ABOUT THE BOARD'S WORK THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA, INCLUDING A DISTRICT NEWSPAPER, SAID THE BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR K.C. KWONG.

+THE NEWSLETTERS WILL PROVIDE A MORE DIRECT CHANNEL IN KEEPING RESIDENTS POSTED ON WORK DONE BY THE BOARD FOR THEIR PARTICULAR CONSTITUENCY, HE ADDED.

NEWSLETTERS FOR WAH FU, TIN WAN AND SHEK PAI WAN, AND STANLEY AND SHEK O WILL BE ISSUED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF EVERY MONTH.

THE ISSUES FOR ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU, POKFULAM, AND WONG CHUK HANG AND BAY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE SECOND AND THIRD WEEK OF EACH MONTH.

THOUSANDS TAKING PART IN SPORTS FESTIVAL

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A FRIENDLY MATCH BETWEEN TWO FOOTBALL TEAMS, SEIKO AND EASTERN, IN KOWLOON PARK AT 3 PM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) WILL KICK OFF THE THREE-WEEK YAU MA TEI SPORTS FESTIVAL.

THE MATCH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF SPORTS EVENTS FOR SOME 1 000 CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS OF AGE.

MORE THAN 3 000 PARTICIPANTS WILL CONTEST IN A NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS INCLUDING BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, BADMINTON, TABLE TENNIS AND RELAY RACES.

A WATER CARNIVAL AT THE LEI CHENG UK SWIMMING POOL WILL HIGHLIGHT THE FESTIVAL'S CLOSING CEREMONY ON OCTOBER 15.

THE SPORTS FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD, RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICES (YAU MA TEI DISTRICT). AND THE YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE LOCAL PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN SPORTS.

THE DISTRICT BOARD IS CONTRIBUTING $11.500 TOWARDS THE TOTAL

COST OF $35 000 FOR THE FESTIVAL.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHIU YU-HEI, SAID THE LARGE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FULLY DEMONSTRATED THE HIGH COMMUNITY SPIRIT THERE.

+ADMISSION TO ALL EVENTS IS FREE AND PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND CHEER FOR THE CONTESTANTS, HE ADDED.

OFFICIATING AT TOMORROW'S OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILFRED WONG, THE ACTING PRINCIPAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR CHAN WING-FONG, AND MR CHIU.

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