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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1983

GOVERNOR STRESSES VALUE OF COMMUNITY CENTRE

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THE YAN OI TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE IS REMARKABLE IN PROVIDING A FULL RANGE OF RECREATION AND WELFARE SERVICES FOR ALL AGES UNDER ONE ROOF, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRE, SIR EDWARD SAID THERE COULD BE +NO BETTER EVIDENCE OF THE CENTRE'S VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY OF TUEN MUN+, AS HE UNDERSTOOD IT ALREADY HAD 30 000 MEMBERS AND WAS IN USE DAY AND NIGHT.

BUILT. WITH FUNDS FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS, THE GOVERNMENT, THE JOCKEY CLUB AND THE LOTTERIES FUND, THE CENTRE WOULD BE USING PROFITS GENERATED BY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT ITS WELFARE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

+THE IDEA IS FOR THE HEALTHY TO SUPPORT THE NEEDY. THIS CONCEPT REFLECTS THE CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION WHICH HAS GONE INTO THE PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT,+ $IR EDWARD SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE YAN OF TONG, FORMED OVER 50 YEARS AGO, +HAS RISEN MAGNIFICENTLY TO THE CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY THE GROWTH OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, AND HAS CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS THE PROVISION OF A POLYCLINIC, KINDERGARTENS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND NOW TO THIS COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE.+

HE THEN CONGRATULATED ALL THOSE INVOLVED FOR THEIR DETERMINATION AND INSPIRATION TO BRING THE CENTRE INTO BEING.

THE YAN OI TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 4 360 SQUARE METRES, IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN:

THE EIGHT-STOREY COMPLEX HAS FACILITIES WHICH INCLUDE AN INDOOR HEATED SWIMMING POOL, A SKATING RINK, A BOWLING ALLEY, BADMINTON COURTS, SQUASH COURTS AND A DANCE STUDIO FOR YOUTHS- A SERVICES CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, THE ONLY SUCH CENTRE IN TUEN MUN- AND A NURSERY.

AMONG OTHER FACILITIES ARE A LIBRARY WITH A STUDY ROOM, A RESTAURANT AND A SUPERMARKET.

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