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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1986

+ THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE PROVIDED BY THIS EVENT WILL ALSO HELP TO GENERATE GREATER INTEREST AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS SPORT,

HE ADDED.

MR CHUI DESCRIBED FOOTBALL AS A POPULAR AND WELL SUPPORTED SPORT IN HONG KONG.

+WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF YOUTH FOOTBALL TRAINING SCHEMES, IT IS HOPED THAT IN THE YEARS AHEAD HONG KONG FOOTBALLERS WILL EARN A BETTER PLACE FOR THEMSELVES ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE,+ HE SAID.

HE NOTED THAT IN 1981 THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION HAD LAUCHED A SCHEME TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM AND SYSTEMATIC TRAINING FOR YOUNG PLAYERS.

MR CHUI ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE INVOLVED IN MAKING THE TOURNAMENT POSSIBLE, INCLUDING JAPAN AIR LINES, WHICH PROVIDED AIR FARES AND SPONSORED TROPHIES, THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, AND THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION,

SPORTS DEMONSTRATIONS GIVEN FOR MONG KOK RESIDENTS

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SKILLED PERFORMERS GAVE DEMONSTRATIONS OF SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR MONG KOK RESIDENTS AT THE LIM POR YEN CENTRE TODAY (SATURDAY).

THE + SPORTS OPEN DAY+ BEGAN WITH A DEMONSTRATION OF AEROBICS BY YOUNG CHILDERN IN THE DISTRICT.

A TEAM FROM THE HONG KONG AMATEUR SHUTTLECOCK ASSOCIATION THEN SHOWED THEIR SKILL AT SHUTTLECOCK KICKING.

OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS WERE GIVEN IN VARIOUS BALL GAMES, KARATE, FENCING, TRAMPOLINING, SOCIAL DANCING, AND BALLET DANCING.

THE OPEN DAY WAS ORGANISED AS PART OF ACTIVITIES IN THE MONG

KOK DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS FORTNIGHT.

THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO GIVE RESIDENTS THE CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE IN SPORTS AND TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY LEISURE ACTIVITIES.

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