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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1985

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+HONG KONG WILL OVERCOME HURDLES+

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HONG KONG WAS COMPARED TO AN ATHLETE BEING TRAINED FOR AN IMPORTANT EVENT BY HER TRAINER, THE BRITISH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEBATE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ON THE WHITE PAPER, THE HON ANDREW SO SAID HE STRONGLY BELIEVED THAT THIS ATHLETE WITH POTENTIAL WOULD MAKE DAZZLING ACHIEVEMENTS IN JUMPING OVER THE HURDLES GRACEFULLY.

+ I THINK THE PROGRAMME, THE METHODS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT SUGGESTED IN THE WHITE PAPER ARE SUITABLE FOR THE ATHLETE, HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.

+THE WHITE PAPER PRESENTS THE PROGRAMME, METHODS AND COURSE FOR TRAINING. THE COMPOSITION AND PACE OF THE PROGRAMME WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE WHOLE TRAINING PROJECT. IT IS ALSO A 'STARTING BLOCK' SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ATHLETE, HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.

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HOWEVER, HE WARNED THAT ATHLETIC TRAINING SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES, FROM THE BASICS TO THE MOST SOPHISTICATED FORM OF TRAINING, AND IT SHOULD BE GEARED TO INDIVIDUAL TRAINEES' POTENTIAL AND CAPABILITIES.

MR SO POINTED OUT THAT THE TRAINER IN THIS CASE WAS WELL KNOWN TO BE AN IRON MAN+ WHO WAS RENOWNED FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED TECHNIQUES IN TRAINING AND HIS DEMAND WAS EXTREMELY HIGH.

+HE WISHES TO TRAIN UP THIS ATHLETE, HONG KONG, TO BECOME A TOP RUNNER IN THE HURDLE RACE AND AIMS AT HIS FINISHING THE RACE IN A 'WORLD RECORD OF 12.6 SECONDS', HE SAID.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT THE TRAINER WILL DEVOTE HIMSELF TO COUNSELLING THE ATHLETE, INSTEAD OF GIVING HIM STIMULANTS WHICH WILL MAKE HIM BREACH THE RULES.

+I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS ATHLETE WITH POTENTIAL WILL MAKE DAZZLING ACHIEVEMENTS IN JUMPING OVER THE HURDLES GRACEFULLY AND REACH THE FINISHING LINE WITH FLYING COLOURS EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD RECORD OF 12.6 SECONDS MAY NOT BE CLOCKED, HE SAID.

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