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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1986

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PRAISE FOR SCHOOL SPORTS BODY

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG TODAY (FRIDAY) PRAISED THE WORK OF THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS' ASSOCIATION (HKSSA).

SPEAKING AT THE OMEGA ROSE BOWL AWARDS AND ANNUAL PRIZE PRESENTATION OF THE ASSOCIATION HELD AT HEEP YUNN SCHOOL, MR LEUNG SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE NUMBER OF MEMBER SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE RANGE OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES HAD INCREASED STEADILY SINCE THE HKSSA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1951.

NOTING THAT THE STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE WAS IMPROVING YEAR AFTER YEAR, MR LEUNG SAID THE NUMBER OF CERTIFICATES OF MERIT IN ATHLETICS AND SWIMMING WHICH HE HAD HAD TO SIGN IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION HAD INCREASED TO 39 IN THE CURRENT SEASON,

FOR 1985-86, A TOTAL OF 21 241 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE REGISTERED WITH THE ASSOCIATION AND TOOK PART IN THE 14 SPORTS ORGANISED BY THE ASSOCIATION, HE SAID.

MR LEUNG SAID 12 500 STUDENTS FROM SOME 146 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN ATHLETICS, AND 155 SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED BY A TOTAL OF 355 TEAMS IN THE INTER-SCHOOL BASKETBALL COMPETITION, WITH NEARLY 1 200 MATCHES BEING PLAYED.

+ SUPERSTAR+ MATCH TO RAISE HOSPITAL FUNDS

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A SUPERSTAR BASKETBALL MATCH WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY) EVENING AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL EXTENSION PROJECT.

MORE THAN 100 POPULAR SINGERS, FILM STARS, DISC JOCKEYS AND OTHER PERSONALITIES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE EVÉNT.

PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS THE $5 MILLION FUND-RAISING TARGET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOSPITAL BLOCK, A NURSE TRAINING SCHOOL AND DORMITORIES TO BE COMPLETED IN 1990.

THE MATCH, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY COMMERCIAL RADIO 2 AND THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL EXTENSION FUND RAISING ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, IS A PART OF A YEAR-LONG PROGRAMME TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE HOSPITAL.

/TER REGIONAL