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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1987

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE BOARD, MR DENIS BRAY, WAS ALSO PRESENT.

IN POINTING OUT THAT THE GOVERNING SPORTS BODIES PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SPORTS DEVELOPMENT, MR HU, WHO INITIATED THE SEMINAR, SAID IN THIS MAJOR ENTERPRISE, THE EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNING BODIES, THE JSC, THE UC AND RC, AND THE CRS MUST BE PROPERLY CO-ORDINATED.

+ IT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE NOT DUPLICATED. INSTEAD, IT SHOULD BE ORGANISED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER IN THE PURSUIT OF THE COMMON OBJECTIVE TO PROMOTE SPORT, RECREATION AND THE UTILISATION OF FACILITIES, SO THAT RESOURCES ARE MADE USE OF IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER. THIS IS THE MESSAGE OF THE SEMINAR, HE SAID.

MR HU ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE CRS, THE DEMARCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY IN FUNDING SPORT BETWEEN THE CRS, THE UC AND THE RC- THE CRS'S SPORTS DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AND THE STRATEGY IN THE PROMOTION OF SPORT IN HONG KONG.

APART FROM THE SEVEN STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL MR HU SAID THERE WAS A WORKING PARTY ON SPORTS IN EDUCATION.

+WE ALL REALISE THAT HONG KONG IS A PLACE WHERE COMPETITION IS KEEN ON ALL FRONTS AND THERE IS EVERY URGE FOR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS, VERY OFTEN AT THE EXPENSES OF SPORT AND RELAXATION,+ HE SAID.

MR HU EXPLAINED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE WORKING PARTY WAS TO EXAMINE WHETHER THERE WERE WAYS AND MEANS IN WHICH SPORT MIGHT BE INTEGRATED IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND BE GIVEN PROPER RECOGNITION.

HE SAID THE WORKING PARTY HOPED TO COMPLETE ITS STUDY SOME TIME THIS YEAR.

THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI, WHO OPENED THE SEMINAR, TOLD THE DELEGATES THAT SINCE 1985 A NUMBER OF CHANGES HAD TAKEN PLACE.

WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, THE FORMER RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT WAS DISSOLVED IN APRIL 1985 AND THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH WAS FORMED TO ASSUME POLICY FUNCTIONS.

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