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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1984

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THE HONG KONG NATIONAL YOUTH TEAM, COMPOSED MAINLY OF OUTSTANDING PLAYERS DISCOVERED THROUGH THE SCHEME, HAD WON THE PRAISE AND RESPECT FROM OTHER PARTICIPATING TEAMS IN MANY INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS, HE ADDED.

THE PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A TWO-MONTH TRAINING IN BASIC SOCCER SKILLS AND WILL TAKE PART IN A SERIES OF YOUTH LEAGUE MATCHES TO SHARPEN THE IR SKILLS LATER. THOSE WHO ARE JUDGED TO BE OUTSTANDING WILL RECEIVE NATIONAL SQUAD TRAINING AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE NEXT YEAR.

THE SCHEME IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, THE URBAN COUNCIL THE NEW TERRITOR IES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, WITH THE BOTTLER OF COCA COLA LIMITED AS THE SPONSOR.

A DEMONSTRATION MATCH BETWEEN THE HONG KONG TEAM AND THE HONG KONG YOUTH TEAM WAS HELD FOLLOWING A KICK-OFF BY THE PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS' REPRESENTATIVES, INCLUDING MR LAM KIN-MING OF THE HONG KONG

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

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CARNIVAL OFF TO GOOD START

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THE USUALLY TRANQUIL SHEK KONG AIRFIELD BUSTLED WITH EXCITEMENT TODAY, AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CONVERGED ON IT FOR THE YUEN LONG SPORTS FORTNIGHT CARNIVAL.

THE BIGGEST DRAW OF THE CARNIVAL, WHICH STARTED AT 9 AM, WAS THE CAMEL AND PONY RIDES. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM CHILDREN, FORMED LONG QUEUES THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR THEIR GO AT THE RIDES.

AMONG OTHER MAJOR ATTRACTIONS WAS THE ARMS EXHIBITION, WHICH INCLUDED TANKS, CANNONS AND HELICOPTERS,

RACING FANS SPENT THE DAY WATCHING GO-KART RACES.

THE AFTERNOON ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDED PARACHUTING PERFORMANCES AND A MOTOR CYCLING DEMONSTRATION BY THE GURKHA FIELD FORCE, SHEK KONG, AND A BAND PARADE BY THE GURKHA BAND.

OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A TELEMATCH GAME, CYCLING DEMONSTRATIONS AND TEAKWONDO PERFORMANCES.

THE YUEN LONG SPORTS FORTNIGHT CARNIVAL 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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