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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1935

CS ON PRIVATE VISIT TO CHINESE CITIES

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON FOR A PRIVATE VISIT TO ZHUHAI, GUANGZHOU AND SHENZHEN.

SIR DAVID WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN AND AROUND THE CHINESE CITIES, WHICH WILL BE RELEVANT TO HONG KONG'S OWN DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCUTRAL SERVICES TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC

SIR DAVID WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY AKERS-JONES. THEY WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON SUNDAY (MARCH 23) EVENING.

SPORTS IMPORTANT IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

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AS A COMMUNITY. IT MUST BE OUR CONCERN THAT WE HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY HONG KONG, THAT WE DEVELOP NOT ONLY THE INTELLECTUAL TALENTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE BUT ALSO THEIR PHYSICAL WELL-BEING, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AT THE FINALS OF THE 1985-86 INTER-SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS, SIR DAVID SAID IN RECENT YEARS HONG KONG HAD DEVOTED MORE OF ITS RESOURCES TO THE PROMOTION OF RECREATION AND SPORTS,

+ IN 1985-86 MORE THAN 10 SPORTS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING SCHEMES BENEFITED 15 000 YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH TALENT ARE SELECTED TO UNDERGO MORE SYSTEMATIC AND EXPERT TRAINING BY COACHES FROM THE SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS OR AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE,+ SIR DAVID SAID,

+THEY WILL ALSO BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO RAISE THEIR STANDARDS THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, HE ADDED.

SIR DAVID PRAISED THE HONG KONG SCHOOL SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE OVER MANY YEARS IN PROMOTING SPORT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

+ IT IS GRATIFYING TO KNOW THAT OVER 70 000 STUDENTS FROM 650 SCHOOLS ARE TAKING PART IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE ASSOCIATION, HE SAID.

SIR DAVID CONGRATULATED THE ASSOCIATION AND ALL THOSE WHO HAD WORKED HARD TO MAKE THE INTER-SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS A SUCCESS.

TODAY'S EVENTS MARKED THE END OF THE 15-DAY COMPETITION IN WHICH 12 500 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED.