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SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1, .

JUDGING COMPLETED IN AWARD SCHEME

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JUDGING HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT'S SOCIAL SERVICES AWARD 1984-85 SCHEME AND PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED TO WINNERS AT SPECIAL CEREMONY IN OCTOBER.

THE SCHEME, ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, IS AN ASSESSMENT OF THE WORK AND CONTRIBUTION BY PARTICIPANTS IN VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY SERVICES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

ORIGINALLY THE SCHEME STARTED AS A STUDENT AWARD SCHEME IN 1952 AND WAS EXPANDED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO INCLUDE PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THERE WERE 39 NOMINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S SCHEME IN FOUR CATEGORIES - THE PRIMARY SCHOOL DIVISION THE SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL DIVISION THE WORKING PEOPLE DIVISION AND THE NON-WORKING PEOPLE DIVISION.

PARTICIPANTS WERE NOMINATED BY THEIR SCHOOLS, ORGANISATIONS OR NEIGHBOURS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TWENTY-SIX FINALISTS WERE INTERVIEWED EARLIER THIS MONTH BY A PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISING DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

THE WINNERS WILL BE PRESENTED PRIZES DURING A CEREMONY TO MARK THE DISTRICT'S CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTHS ON OCTOBER 6.

FIVE SPORTS GROUNDS RE-OPEN TOMORROW

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FIVE SPORTS GROUNDS IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS WILL BE RE-OPENED TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTER COMPLETION OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND RENOVATION WORKS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.

THEY ARE THE KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND, YUEN LONG STADIUM, TEMPORARY SOCCER PITCH AT AREA 4 IN TAI PO, SAI KUNG TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND AND THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND.

THREE OTHER SPORTS GROUNDS, WHERE MAINTENANCE WORK IS STILL UNDERWAY, WILL BE RE-OPENED FOR USE LATER.

BOTH THE TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND AND WO YI HOP ROAD SPORTS GROUND IN KWAI CHUNG WILL RE-OPEN ON OCTOBER 1 AND THE SHA TIN SPORTS GROUND ON OCTOBER 16.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN BOOK FOR ANY ONE OF THE SPORTS COMPLEXES AT THE NEAREST RSD DISTRICT OFFICE.

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