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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1984

+KENDO IS A SWORDSMANSHIP WHICH IS GOOD TO HEALTH AND CAN HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP PATIENCE AND CHARACTER,+ SAID AN RSS SPOKESMAN.

CLASSES WILL BE HELD AT NGAU TAU KOK INDOOR GAMES HALL FROM 8 TO 10 PM ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS, STARTING ON JANUARY 3, 1985.

YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING IN FENCING (FOIL) OFFERED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE, THE HONG KONG AMATEUR FENCING ASSOCIATION OR OTHER RECOGNISED ORGANISATIONS ARE BEING INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE 1985 FOIL FENCING NOVICE COMPETITION.

THE COMPETITION WILL BE HELD AT THE BOUNDARY STREET INDOOR GAMES HALL ON FEBRUARY 3, 1985.

THE CONTEST WILL BE LIMITED TO 60 PERSONS AT THE AGE OF 16 OR ABOVE.

BOTH EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE. THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED ARE URGED TO APPLY NOW.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 5-458511.

MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS GROUND IN SHA TIN READY SOON *****

A RECREATIONAL GROUND WITH THE FIRST ARTIFICIALLY TURFED SOCCER PITCH IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE READY EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THE 2.47-HECTARE TSANG TAI UK RECREATION GROUND, LOCATED NEXT TO THE HISTORICAL TSANG TAI UK WALLED VILLAGE IN SHA TIN, IS BEING BUILT AT A COST OF $12.8 MILLION.

ITS OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, A SITTING-OUT AREA, THREE BASKETBALL-CUM-VOLLEYBALL COURTS, SIX TENNIS COURTS, EIGHT TABLE-TENNIS TABLES AND A SINGLE-STOREY SERVICE BUILDING WITH A REFRESHMENT KIOSK.

THE STANDARD-SIZE SOCCER PITCH WITH ITS ARTIFICIAL TURF PERMITS SIX GAMES A DAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BY COMPARISON, A GRASS PITCH ALLOWS ONLY TWO GAMES A DAY AND MUST BE CLOSED FOR TWO TO THREE MONTHS EACH YEAR FOR RETURFING, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DEPARTMENT SAID.

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