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SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1989

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CROSS COUNTRY RACE IN NORTH DISTRICT

HUNDREDS OF RUNNERS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 60, FROM ALL THE TERRITORY, WILL COMPETE IN AN ANNUAL CROSS COUNTRY RACE DISTRICT TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

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IN NORTH

SPONSORED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, THE RACE HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE SHEUNG SHUI DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE RESIDENTS' INTEREST IN SPORT.

THE RACK HAS BEEN HELD SINCE 1964, AS PART OF LUNAR NEW YEAR ACTIVITIES, WITH THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS RISING FROM AN INITIAL 30 TO ABOUT 500 LAST YEAR.

THERE WILL BE WOMEN'S AND MEN'S SECTIONS, WITH WOMEN COVERING EIGHT KILOMETRES AND MEN RUNNING 10 KILOMETRES.

THE WOMEN WILL START AT 3.15 PM IN HUNG LING VILLAGE, AT THE ENTRANCE TO PING CHE ROAD.

MEN WILL BEGIN 15 MINUTES LATER FROM THE SING PING PUBLIC SCHOOL IN TA KWU LING.

SHUI.

THEY WILL ALL FINISH AT THE SHEK WU HUI PLAYGROUND IN SHEUNG

THE ASSISTANT NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER (COMMUNITY AFFAIRS), MR TIM MILNES, WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO WINNERS AT THE FINISHING POINT, AROUND 4.45 PM.

OTHER GUESTS OFFICIATING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL INCLUDE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, MR RAYMOND PANG; CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG; AND THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, FRONTIER, MR MICHAEL WATSON,

IN ANOTHER LUNAR NEW YEAR ACTIVITY, A FUN DAY WILL BE HELD TOMORROW BY THE SHEK WU HUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD.

THE SHEUNG SHUI FUN DAY WILL INCLUDE A SPORTS CARNIVAL, CO-ORGANISED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL BEGIN 10 AM IN THE BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL COURTS IN TIN PING ESTATE.

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HUI

GAME STALLS FOR CHILDREN WILL BE OPEN AT THE SHEK WU PLAYGROUND AT 10.30 AM AND AT THE CHOI YUEN ESTATE COVERED PLAYGROUND AT 1.30 PM.

THERE WILL