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SUNDAY, OGIER 30, 1983

KWUN TONG BOARD PRAISED FOR SPORTS PROJECT

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THE KWUN TONG SPORTS FESTIVAL UNDERLIES THE DISTRICT BOARD'S DETERMINATION TO PROMOTE MUCH NEEDED SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN THE DENSELY POPULATED DISTRICT, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

+THIS DETERMINATION IS VITAL IN CULTIVATING A BETTER COMMUNICATION AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE RESIDENTS, A BETTER APPRECIATION OF THEIR COMMON PROBLEMS AND WHAT, THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION, THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME CAN AND SHOULD DO IN THE RESOLUTION OF THESE PROBLEMS, HE SAID.

HE SAID THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY WAS OF AN EVER CHANGING NATURE+, CHARACTERISED BY THE CONTINUAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

MR WIGSHAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWO-WEEK KWUN TONG SPORTS FESTIVAL AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND.

HE SAID THE FESTIVAL WAS THE LARGEST COMMUNITY-BUILDING PROJECT ORGANISED AND UNDERTAKEN BY THE DISTRICT BOARD THIS YEAR WITH A BUDGET OF $250 000.

+1 AM ALSO PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS JOINED HANDS WITH AN URBAN DISTRICT BOARD IN HOLDING SUCH A LARGE SCALE AND MEANINGFUL PROJECT.

+1 HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS WILL FURTHER CEMENT THE EXCELLENT WORKING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE URBAN COUNCIL,+ HE SAID.

FOLLOWING THE OPENING CEREMONY, A VARIETY OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES, FEATURING DANCING, GYMNASTIC DISPLAY AND CYCLING DEMONSTRATION BY THE CIVIL AID SERVICES CYCLING TEAM, WERE STAGED.

A VITALITY WALK, A BASKETBALL COMPETITION, ROLLER-SKATING AND A TENNET DEMONSTRATION MATCH WERE ALSO HELD.

EARLIER IN THE DAY, A SWIMMING GALA FEATURING DIVING, SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING DEMONSTRATIONS AND A CANOE WATER POLO WAS HELD AT THE KWUN TONG SWIMMING POOL STARTING AT 9 AM.

MORE THAN 300 YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO COMPETED IN VARIOUS RACES

AT THE SWIMMING GALA.

THE FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, THE KWUN TONG SPORTS PROMOTION ASSOCIATION AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

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