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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1987

CELEBRITY FOOTBALL MATCH TO CLOSE SPORTS FESTIVAL

THE THREE-WEEK CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT SPORTS FESTIVAL WILL COME TO A CLOSE WHEN A CELEBRITY SOCCER MATCH IS HELD AT THE KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL PARK IN SAI YING PUN ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 29).

SOUTH CHINA VETERANS WILL PLAY TVB ARTISTES IN THE MATCH WHICH WILL START AT 11.40 AM.

A CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT ABOUT 12.30 PM AFTER THE MATCH ENDS. OFFICIATING GUESTS WILL INCLUDE A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR LIU LIT-FOR: CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORT ASSOCIATION (RSA), MR LEUNG SIK-WAH; AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ELIZABETH TSE.

DURING THE SPORTS FESTIVAL, MORE THAN 10,000 RESIDENTS TAKEN PART IN A VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES, SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAJD.

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THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE INCLUDED ORIENTEERING, ATHLETICS, BASKETBALL AND SOCCER COMPETITIONS, AN EXPEDITION FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE, "DANCING AT SEA" CRUISE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, A WALKATHON ROUND THE

PEAK, AND A RECREATION CAMP FOR AREA COMMITTEES.

THE FESTIVAL WAS ORGANISED BY CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT RSA, WITH MORE THAN $110,000 IN SPONSORSHIP COMING FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE WESTERN DISTRICT JUNIOR POLICE CALL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER BOTH THE CELEBRITY SOCCER MATCH AND THE CLOSING OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT SPORTS FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY, AT THE KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL PARK IN SAI YING PUN. THE SOCCER MATCH WILL START AT 11.40 AM AND THE CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ABOUT 12.30 PM.

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NORTH ORGANISATIONS PRAISED FOR ART PROMOTION

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ORGANISATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PROMOTING ART AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AT DISTRICT LEVEL WERE PRAISED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ROCKERY GARDEN AT KAM VILLAGE IN SHEUNG SHUI, MR CHEUNG SAID THE DISTRICT'S ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION WAS AMONG ONE OF THE ORGANISATIONS THAT ACTIVE IN FOSTERING RESIDENTS' INTEREST IN VARIOUS FORMS OF ART.

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