SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1986
SINCE BEING OPENED LAST APRIL, THE CENTRE HAS PROVED TO BE EXTREMELY POPULAR, SAID MR W.K. LIU, RECREATION AND SPORTS MANAGER (KOWLOON EAST) OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE CENTRE'S UTILISATION RATE IN 1984/85 WAS ABOUT 80 PER CENT, WHICH WAS VERY HIGH GIVEN A GENERAL RELUCTANCE TO ENROLL FOR MID-DAY SESSIONS, HE SAID.
+DURING THE YEAR, MORE THAN 31 000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN 950 KEEP-FIT PROJECTS AND NO FEWER THAN 154 800 SESSIONAL ATTENDANCES WERE RECORDED, HE SAID.
+THE PROJECTS INCLUDE COURSES ON FITNESS TRAINING, YOGA, DANCING OF VARIOUS KINDS SUCH AS FOLK DANCE. MODERN DANCE, SOCIAL DANCE, ORIENTAL DANCE AND DISCO DANCE, BALLET FOR CHILDREN AND AEROBICS.
+THESE COURSES ARE WELL RECEIVED SINCE IT IS WIDELY RECOGNISED THAT FITNESS PROGRAMMES LEAD TO A BETTER PHYSICAL CONDITION AND HELP MINIMISE CARDIO-VASCULAR AND ORTHOPAEDIC DISEASES.
+BOTH YOUNG AND OLD ARE GENERALLY WELL AWARE THAT THE GENERAL EFFECT OF EXERCISES IS TO GIVE ONE A BETTER MENTAL OUTLOOK AND IMPROVE ONE'S FITNESS AND CAPACITY TO COPE WITH DAILY LIFE.
FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED, THE 768-SQUARE METRE CENTRE IS
IT WELL EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST FITNESS FACILITIES. COMPRISES A FITNESS ROOM WITH A 16-STATION MULTI-GYMNASIUM, WALL BARS, EXERCISE BICYCLES, ROWING MACHINES, SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT FOR TRAINING COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS AND A TREADMILL.
THERE IS ALSO A FITNESS ROOM EQUIPPED WITH A 10-STATION GYMNASIUM SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR FEMALES AND TO HELP TIGHTEN UP THE MUSCLES OF THE WHOLE BODY.
OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE A SPACIOUS ROOM FOR DANCE ACTIVITIES, A MULTI-PURPOSE HALL FOR YOGA PRACTICE, A LECTURE ROOM AND AMPLE CHANGING FACILITIES.
MR LIU SAID: +ANOTHER ATTRACTION OF THE CENTRE IS ITS CORDIAL AND CONVIVIAL ATMOSPHERE. OUR FULLY-QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS NOT ONLY TAKE CARE OF THE PHYSICAL SIDE OF THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT ALSO STRIVE TO MAKE THEM FEEL AT HOME. MOST PARTICIPANTS HAVE THUS BECOME VERY ATTACHED TO THE CENTRE AND REGARD IT AS THEIR SECOND HOME.
+MANY OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 40 AND INCLUDE HOUSEWIVES, CLERICAL WORKERS AND STUDENTS.
/+ULD ・ COPLE
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