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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1984

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, WILL INSPECT AND ADDRESS THE PARADE, AND PRESENT SPECIAL CERTIFICATES TO THREE OUTSTANDING RECRUITS.

MR JEAFFRESON WILL ALSO PRESENT CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE CLASPS TO 23 OTHER CAS MEMBERS.

MOREOVER, THE CAS COMMISSIONER, MR ROGER LOBO, WILL PRESENT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES TO SIX CAS VOLUNTEER OFFICERS FOR THE IR MERITORIOUS SERVICES.

YUEN LONG SPORTS FORTNIGHT STARTS *****

THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES TODAY OFFICIALLY OPENED THE YUEN LONG SPORTS FORTNIGHT WHICH FEATURES A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

EVENTS IN THE TWO-WEEK PROGRAMME, THE FIRST MAJOR SPORTS FESTIVAL IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDE COMPETITIVE SPORTS ACTIVITIES LIKE TRACK AND FIELD, CROSS COUNTRY RACES, FENCING, CYCLING AND ARCHERY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CARNIVAL, BALL-GAME COMPETITIONS, WATER SPORTS AND DANCES.

+1 HOPE THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE INTRODUCED TO NEW LEISURE PURSUITS, AND WILL BE ENCOURAGED BY THE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE SPORTS ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN ORGANISED,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPORTS FORTNIGHT ORGANISING COMMITTEE MR TANG TAK-KAU SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD ALWAYS PROMOTED AND SPONSORED VARIOUS LOCAL SPORTS FUNCTIONS.

+THROUGH THE SPORTS FORTNIGHT, THE BOARD HOPES THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES AND SHOW INTEREST IN SPORTS,+ MR TANG SAID.

+WE ALSO HOPE PEOPLE WILL BECOME MORE AWARE THAT THE BOARD'S AIM IS TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, HE ADDED.

ABOUT 5 000 PEOPLE ATTENDED TODAY'S CEREMONY, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A DEMONSTRATION FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN TWO FIRST DIVISION CLUBS, SOUTH CHINA AND SEIKO.

THE SPORTS FORTNIGHT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD. THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

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