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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1984

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DEPUTY TO GOVERNOR MEETS OLYMPIC TEAM

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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, MR DENIS BRAY, THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY) ATTENDED A RECEPTION FOR THE HONG KONG OLYMPIC TEAM WHICH WILL BE LEAVING FOR LOS ANGELES LATER THIS MONTH.

THE RECEPTION AT THE CLUB LUSITANO WAS HOSTED BY THE AMATEUR SPORTS FEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

MR BRAY WAS MET BY THE PRESIDENT, MR A.DE O. SALES AND MR RAMON YOUNG, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ASF AND OC (HONG KONG).

ALSO ATTENDING WERE MR IAN MACPHERSON, ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS; MR CLIVE OXLEY, COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, AND MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.

MR SALES CONGRATULATED THE TEAM ON ITS SELECTION AND ZEAL IN TRAINING. HE SAID THAT THIS WAS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE HONG KONG TEAM EVER SENT TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND IT REFLECTED THE GROWING INTEREST IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL RECREATION IN THE TERRITORY.

+THIS IS DUE TO THE WIDESPREAD SPORTS FACILITIES NOW AVAILABLE, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES OF SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, AND THE NÚMEROUS REGIONAL COMPETITIONS HERE AND ABROAD IN WHICH HONG KONG TEAMS NOW TAKE PART, HE SAID.

+ IT IS THE RESULT OF THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERATION FOR SPORT AS A WHOLE - THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.

+THIS IS A SURE AND HAPPY FORMULA FOR SUCCESS, HE SAID.

HONG KONG IS FIELDING 65 SPORTSMEN, SPORTSWOMEN AND OFFICIALS

IN THE OLYMPICS WHICH WILL OPEN IN LOS ANGELES ON JULY 28.

ALSO PRESENT WILL BE THE PRESIDENT AND THE HONORARY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ASF AND OC AND THREE OTHER SPORTS OFFICIALS CHOSEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS TO OFFICIATE THERE.

THE AQUATIC SQUAD HAS ALREADY LEFT FOR THE U.S. AND THE CYCLING TEAM, NOW COMPETING IN EUROPE, WILL FLY TO THE WEST COAST LATER.

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