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EDNESDAY, DE, MEN .

, 1985

JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE TO SET UP CLINIC NEXT YEAR

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THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARDS IMPROVING ITS SUPPORT SERVICES AND WILL ESTABLISH A CLINIC FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE HON F.K. HU SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN TABLING THE CENTRE'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1985.

MR HU SAID THE CLINIC WOULD BE ESTABLISHED WITH THE CLOSE COOPERATION FROM THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATIC SURGERY OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP BY THE LEE HYSAN FOUNDATION LIMITED, SIR RUN RUN SHAW AND MR SIU MING.

NOTING THAT THE CENTRE HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ITS THIRD FULL YEAR OF OPERATION, HE SAID IT HAD CONTINUED TO MAKE STEADY PROGRESS IN ALL THE SPORTS INCLUDED IN ITS PROGRAMME.

MR HU CITED A NUMBER OF ASIAN REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THE CENTRE DURING THE YEAR.

HE SAID THE USE OF THE CENTRE'S FACILITIES INCLUDING QUALITY OF ATHLETES BY THE GOVERNING BODIES OF SPORT WAS CONSTANTLY IMPROVING.

+ADDITIONALLY, THE CENTRE HAS RUN ITS OWN PROGRAMME OF COST-EFFECTIVE COURSES IN A NUMBER OF SPORTS FOR THOSE BELOW THE NATIONAL SQUAD STANDARD,+ HE SAID.

MR HU OBSERVED THAT THE INPUT OF A GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL COACHES HAD HIGHLIGHTED THE DIFFICULTIES FOR VOLUNTEER SPORTS OFFICIALS IN KEEPING PACE WITH DEVELOPMENT.

THE GOVERNING BODIES OF SPORT WOULD REQUIRE FULL-TIME ADMINISTRATORS OF A HIGH CALIBRE AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF PROGRESS WAS TO BE MAINTAINED, AND THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN HELPING TO TRAIN THOSE STAFF, HE SAID.

MR HU NOTED THAT ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE CENTRE OF SPORTS DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS AND TO INCLUDE EXCELLENCE.

AND HE SAID JUDO HAD RECENTLY BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER THE CLAIMS OF OTHER SPORTS PRESENTLY SEEKING COACHING SUPPORT FROM THE CENTRE.

MR HU FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GOVERNING BODIES OF SPORT WERE HARMONIOUS, AND THE HONG KONG TENNIS ASSOCIATION HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED ITS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AT THE CENTRE.

THE IMPROVEMENT