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MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1985

LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE ACTIVITIES

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KWUN TONG RESIDENTS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATION, SPORTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COMING MONTHS AS THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES.

THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD'S CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE RECENTLY AGREED TO GRANT ABOUT $180 000 TO THREE LOCAL ORGANISATIONS - THE KWUN TONG SPORTS PROMOTION ASSOCIATION (KTSPA), THE KWUN TONG SWIMMING CLUB AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT CULTURE AND RECREATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION (KTDCRPA) - FOR ORGANISING ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

+THE KTSPA, FOR INSTANCE, HAS PREPARED AN ANNUAL PROGRAMME OF 10 DISTRICT-WIDE SPORTS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING TWO RECREATION AND SPORTS EVENTS SPECIFICALLY FOR ESTATE RESIDENTS AND FACTORY WORKERS IN KWUN TONG, THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, MR LAM KIN-KWOK SAID.

+ THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS 12 AREA BRANCHES WILL ALSO ORGANISE 40 ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS DURING THE YEAR, HE ADDED.

MR LAM SAID THE COMMITTEE HAD ALSO PROVIDED FUNDS TO THE KWUN TONG SWIMMING CLUB FOR RUNNING A YEAR-ROUND TRAINING PROGRAMME FÜR 200 LOCAL YOUTHS, A DISTRICT-WIDE SWIMMING GALA IN OCTOBER AND TRAINING CAMP.

+THE KTDCRPA, WITH FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD, WILL CONTINUE HOLDING SINGING AND DANCING TRAINING CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED LEARNERS,+ MR LAM SAID.

THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD SPENT ABOUT $1 MILLION IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR ON PROMOTING CULTURAL, RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

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