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TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1984

THE TWO MP'S WILL LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND VISIT VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

ANY PERSON WISHING TO MEET THEM SHOULD CALL TELEPHONE NUMBER 5-951977, EXTENTION 281, TO ARRANGE FOR AN APPOINTMENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MR ROBERTSON AND MR CLARKE WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MARCH 22 (THURSDAY). IN THE GIS THEATRE, AT 11 AM. A REMINDER WILL BE ISSUED CLOSER TO THE DATE.

CLOSE COOPERATION WITH DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS

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THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT COOPERATES CLOSELY WITH DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS IN THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES SUITED TO THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

THIS WAS SAID THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, MR DICKEN YUNG, AT THE QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

MR YUNG SAID THE DEPARTMENT'S 19 DISTRICT OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN ORGANISING ACTIVITIES AND KEPT CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE DISTRICTS' COMMUNITY LEADERS.

THESE OFFICES ORGANISE AND CO-ORGANISE AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 600 PROJECTS A MONTH, INCLUDING DISTRICT SPORTS FESTIVALS AND TRAINING SCHEMES.

HE SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENT ALONE COULD NOT MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE COMMUNITY NOR WOULD IT EVER AIM TO DO SO.

+THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK HAND-IN-HAND WITH DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, NATIONAL BODIES OF SPORTS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, + HE SAID.

ALSO ATTENDING THE MEETING WERE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT'S SPORTS COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT, MR K.C. KWONG,

THE MEETING DISCUSSED VARIOUS SPORTS PROGRAMMES OUTLINED FOR 1984.

AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE A YEAR-LONG SCHEME TO TRAIN ATHLETES FOR THE DISTRICT +1RON MAN+ AND IRON WOMAN+ CONTESTS TO BE HELD EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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