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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1983

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NEW ACTIVITIES FOR SHA TIN RESIDENTS

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NEW AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO START BUT WERE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR HAIDER BARMA SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

+WHILE TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES READILY ATTRACT SUPPORT AND ARE EASY TO ORGANISE, IT IS THROUGH NEW AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES THAT MORE RESIDENTS MAY COME FORWARD TO PROVIDE A BROAD BASE UPON WHICH A LIVELY AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY MAY BE BUILT, HE SAID.

MR BARMA WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE NEWLY-FORMED BASEBALL TEAM, THE +SHA TIN MARTINS+, HELD AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE.

THE +SHA TIN MARTINS+, THE FIRST BASEBALL TEAM SET UP IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, IS FUNDED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD AND COMES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SHA TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

+NEW ACTIVITIES ARE DIFFICULT TO START: THEY NEED IMAGINATION AND PATIENCE, SAID MR BARMA.

+SHA TIN MARTINS IS EVIDENCE THAT THE SHA TIN COMMUNITY NOT ONLY HAS SUCH IMAGINATION AND PATIENCE, BUT ALSO A DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE DISTRICT BOARD.

+ HOPE TEACHERS ALL OVER THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL QUICKLY SET UP TEAMS OF THEIR OWN IN THEIR SCHOOLS, HE ADDED.

MR BARMA ALSO PRAISED THE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR EFFORT IN PROMOTING ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

WITHIN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, HE SAID, THE ASSOCIATION HAD ACQUIRED LAND TO PROVIDE A LOCAL BASEBALL GROUND AND A CYCLE PARK IN SHA TIN,

THE ASSOCIATION IS ALSO ACTIVELY ORGANISING DRAGON BOAT RACES ON SHING MUN RIVER FOR NEXT YEAR AND PROMOTING SWIMMING AS THE COMMUNITY SPORT IN SHA TIN,

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A THIRD HORTICULTURAL COURSE WILL BE HELD AT SHA TIN BY NEXT MONTH IN RESPONSE TO DEMAND.

ENTRIES FOR THE THIRD SHA TIN HORTICULTURAL COURSE ARE NOW BEING INVITED AND ENROLMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME- FIRST-SERVED BASIS, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE FREE TRAINING COURSE WILL BE HELD AT THE SHA TIN SPORTS GROUND CONFERENCE ROOM, THERE WILL BE 10 SESSIONS EVERY SATURDAY, BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM.

/THE LECTURES