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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1986
TODAY'S PROGRAMMES INCLUDED A ROAD SAFETY QUIZ CONDUCTED BY DISC JOCKEYS FROM RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, A MINI-ROAD SAFETY TOWN, COMPUTER GAMES, GAMES STALLS AND AN EXHIBITION ON ROAD SAFETY.
THERE WAS ALSO A PRIZE PRESENTATION TO WINNERS OF A RECENTLY HELD SELECTION OF MODEL PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS.
OTHER ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY IN TAI PO DURING THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDE CYCLING SAFETY DAYS TO BE HELD AT TAI MEI TUK AND AT THE CYCLE TRACK ALONG THE LO HIGHWAY; ROAD SAFETY DAYS AT THE TAI YUEN ESTATE AND THE KWONG FUK ESTATE: MINI-EXHIBITIONS CUM GAMES AT SCHOOLS IN TAI PO AND VISITS TO HOMES FOR THE AGED IN THE DISTRICT.
CARNIVAL OPENS YUEN LONG SPORTS FESTIVAL
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YUEN LONG STADIUM WAS THE VENUE FOR AN ACTION-PACKED PROGRAMME TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN MORE THAN 5 000 CHILDREN TOOK PART IN A CARNIVAL TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE YUEN LONG SPORTS FESTIVAL.
THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED A VARIETY OF EVENTS SUCH AS TELEMATCHES, AND A HIGHLIGHT WAS A GYMNASTICS DISPLAY BY MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION WHO PERFORMED FOR THE QUEEN AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM LAST TUESDAY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO PROVIDE SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN YUEN LONG TO COPE WITH THE DEMAND FOR HEALTHY LEISURE ACTIVITIES POSED BY ITS GROWING POPULATION.
HE NOTED THAT SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, FACILITIES SUCH AS SQUASH COURTS, TENNIS COURTS, A JOGGING TRACK AND A FIVE-A-SIDE SOCCER PITCH HAD BEEN COMPLETED SPEEDILY IN YUEN LONG.
THERE WERE MANY MORE LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE DISTRICT. THESE INCLUDED A $10 MILLION INDOOR GAMES HALL AT FUNG KAM STREET TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR, ANOTHER HALL IN THE NEW LONG PING ESTATE, A TOWN SQUARE IN THE YUEN LONG TOWN CENTRE, AND A SQUASH CENTRE AT TAI TONG ROAD.
IN ADDITION, WORK ON THE YUEN LONG TOWN PARK AT SHUI NOAI LING WAS ALSO EXPECTED TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR.
/HR CHUI
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