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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1984

EXPERIENCED COACHES, HELPED BY SIGN-LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS, TAUGHT THE PARTICIPANTS THE BASIC SKILLS OF THE SPORTS.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE BOARD, SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES SAID SPORTS COULD HELP DEVELOP THE CONFIDENCE OF MANY DISABLED PEOPLE - INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF.

BASKETBALL, TABLE-TENNIS, SWIMMING AND JUDO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INTRODUCED TO DEAF PEOPLE, WHO SHOWED THEY WERE AS INTERESTED IN THESE SPORTS AS THE ABLE-BODIED WERE, SAID SIR ALBERT.

IF THIS LATEST PROGRAMME PROVES SUCCESSFUL, LONGER-TERM TRAINING WILL BE ARRANGED.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY; THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR DICKEN YUNG; THE MANAGER OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, MR HOWARD WELLS AND THE HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE DEAF, MR BUDDY BUTT.

TEAM AIMS FOR MORE VOTERS

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OFFICERS OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND LOCAL LEADERS WILL BE OUT IN FORCE TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO REGISTER VOTERS IN YUEN WO, THE LAST OF THE DISTRICT'S EIGHT CONSTITUENCIES TO BE VISITED BY THE REGISTRATION TEAM.

HEADING THE GROUP WILL BE THE NEW DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM WOON-KWONG, WHO TAKES UP HIS POST TOMORROW.

SIX DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND 12 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME 100 DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF MEMBERS ON A FOUR-DAY VISIT TO WO CHE ESTATE, WHICH HAS 6 000 HOUSEHOLDS.

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY VISITS TO THE JOCKEY CLUB STAFF QUARTERS WHICH HAS 450 FAMILIES AND LEK YUEN ESTATE, WHICH HAS 3 200 FAMILIES.

SINCE JULY, THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS RECEIVED ABOUT 30 000 COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORMS IN THE DISTRICT.

DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WHO WILL HELP PROMOTE THE DRIVE TOMORROW ARE MR YEUNG SIU-WAH, MR WAI HON-LEUNG, MR CHEUNG CHI-YUEN, MR WONG PO-MING, MR ANDREW WONG AND MR LAM HUNG-CHIU,

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