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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1984

+OUTSTANDING SPORTSMEN IN HONG KONG HAVE ALSO JOINED THE FESTIVAL TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND YOUNG SPORTSMEN, INSTILLING IN THEM A SENSE OF SPORTSMANSHIP,+ HE SAID.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN, POINTED OUT THAT THE ACTIVITIES OVER THE PAST MONTH HAD BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

+THE FESTIVAL ATTRACTED A RECORD HIGH OF MORE THAN 60 000 SPECTATORS THIS YEAR,+ HE SAID.

CANOE COMPETITION FOR POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS

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THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE (RSS) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG CANOE UNION ARE JOINTLY ORGANISING A CANOE COMPETITION IN TAI PO FOR POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS.

THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S WATER SPORTS CENTRE AT TAI MEI TUK ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 9).

PARTICIPANTS WILL COMPETE UNDER FIVE SECTIONS AND DOUBLES, WOMEN'S SINGLES AND DOUBLES AND MIXED. WILL BE 250-METRE, 500-METRE AND 3 000-METRE MATCHES.

MEN'S SINGLES AND THERE

'STUDENTS CAN FORM INTO TEAMS AND COMPETE FOR THEIR COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES,' SAID AN RSS SPOKESMAN.

APPLICANTS MUST BE EXPERIENCED IN CANOEING.

THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO 300 PARTICIPANTS AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE RSS HEAD OFFICE AT WING ON CENTRE IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL OR ITS DISTRICT OFFICES.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT 5-458511.

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