XN000022-1985-02-01 — Page 8

7

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1985

PUPILS JOIN VEGETABLE GROWING CONTEST

*****

THE JUDGING OF THIS YEAR'S URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN VEGETABLE GROWING COMPETITION WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 5) AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S TEACHING CENTRE IN NORTH POINT.

AN HORTICULTURIST FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR K.Y. HO, WILL HEAD A PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS AT THE JUDGING, TO BE HELD AT 12 NOON. THE PRIZE-GIVING WILL FOLLOW AT 2.30 PM.

EIGHTY-EIGHT URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION, AND PARTICIPATING STUDENTS HAVE GROWN TOMATO, PEA, CABBAGE AND LEAF-MUSTARD IN POTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE COMPETITION HAD BEEN ORGANISED TO GIVE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO PRACTISE WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED FROM TEXTBOOKS AND TO AROUSE THE IR AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

AN EXHIBITION OF SELECTED ENTRIES WILL BE HELD AT THE TEACHING CENTRE AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT FROM 2.30 PM ON TUESDAY TO 5 PM ON FEBRUARY 7, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

SPORTS BENEFITS STRESSED

*****

SPORTS GAVE STUDENTS A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND CONFIDENCE WHICH OFTEN HELPED IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, SAID MR DICKEN YUNG, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (RECREATION AND SPORT) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT TODAY.

HE URGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN SPORTS AND TO MAKE PURPOSEFUL USE OF LEISURE BY ENGAGING IN WHOLESOME ACTIVITIES.

MR YUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION OF PRIZES AT AN ATHLETIC MEET FOR THE SOCIETY FOR THE BOYS' CENTRE AT MONG KOK STADIUM THIS AFTERNOON.

MORE THAN 600 BOYS FROM FIVE CENTRES AND SCHOOLS, TOOK PART IN THE ATHLETIC MEET, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, AND THE SOCIETY OF BOYS' CENTRES.

THERE WERE 12 EVENTS, AND ABOUT 40 OF THEM RECEIVED THE IR PRIZES FROM MR YUNG AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.

/8