SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1986
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TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL GETS UNDERWAY
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A 12-KILOMETRE MARATHON WAS HELD THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING IN TSUEN WAN TO MARK THE LAUNCHING OF THE MONTH-LONG EIGHTH TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, JOINED VARIOUS COMMUNITY LEADERS ON THE LAST SECTION OF THE MARATHON AND THEN OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL IN THE YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND.
THE DIGNITARIES WHO ACCOMPANIED MR LIAO ON THE LAST SECTION INCLUDED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN, AND MEMBERS OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
RUNNERS IN THE MARATHON INCLUDED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, CIVIC LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES. THE ROUTE TOOK THEM FROM SHAM TSANG TO CENTRAL TSUEN WAN.
ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR CHAN WAI-MAN, SAID THE ANNUAL SPORTS EVENT WAS A MAJOR FUNCTION NOT ONLY FOR PROMOTING SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES BUT ALSO FOR FOSTERING RESIDENTS' SENSE OF BELONGING.
THE FESTIVAL INCLUDES COMPETITIONS IN FOOTBALL, GO-KARTING, TENNIS, ATHLETICS AND ARCHERY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE ARE EVENTS SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR THE ELDERLY.
AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE PERFORMANCES BY VISITING CHINESE SPORTS TEAMS.
ALL PERFORMANCES ARE FREE. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE PREMISES AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFICES IN THE DISTRICT.
STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SPORTS NURTURE SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL ALSO PERFORM IN THE FESTIVAL. OUTSTANDING PARTICIPANTS WILL BE SELECTED AT A LATER STAGE AS YOUTH AMBASSADORS TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT ON GOODWILL VISITS OVERSEAS.
THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE FEDERATION OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATIONS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE OPENING OF THE EIGHTH TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL WILL BE SET BY FACSIMILE NETWORK LATER TODAY.
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