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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1989

HK SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TEAM TO SHOW STRENGTH IN SINGAPORE

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OF GREAT IMPORTANCE THE ASIAN SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 18

RARE BECAUSE IT GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OF ASIA A OPPORTUNITY TO MEET NOT ONLY ON THE PLAYING FIELD BUT ALSO ON A SOCIAL MR JOHN WINFIELD, SAID OCCASION, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, TODAY (THURSDAY},

PRESENTATION CEREMONY KONG HONG THE

TEAM SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TAKE PART IN THE FORTHCOMING 18TH

HE WAS ADDRESSING A GATHERING AT A FLAG TO MARK THE DEPARTURE OF SATURDAY (AUGUST 12) TO SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IN SINGAPORE.

THAT

FOOTBALL MR WINFIELD NOTED POPULAR SPORT AMONG HONG KONG STUDENTS.

"IN

SHARING

THEIR SKILLS THEY

ON

ASIAN

HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE

MOST

APPRECIATE

THE VALUE AND

IMPORTANCE OF SPORTSMANSHIP, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND SELF-DISCIPLINE, AS WELL AS MAKING GOOD FRIENDS, HE SAID.

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COUNCIL

FOR

RECREATION AND

OF THE IT WAS THE JOINT EFFORT

CENTRE. SPORT, THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, THE JUBILEE SPORTS

COUNCIL AND THE EDUCATION THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS

DEPARTMENT 17 BOYS WHICH HAD MADE IT POSSIBLE TO SEND A SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM OF

PART IN THE 18TH ASIAN SCHOOLS ALL UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE TO TAKE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT, MR WINFIELD SAID.

REGIONS ARE BRUNEI, MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, KONG, MAKING A TOTAL OF

THIS YEAR THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES OR CHINA,

KOREA, INDIA, INDONESIA,

MACAU, THAILAND AND HONG SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA, 12 TEAMS.

HONG KONG SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TEAM HAD GONE NOTING THAT THE

PROGRAMME AT THE JUBILEE THROUGH AN INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL TRAINING

THREE MONTHS UNDER MR CHAN SPORTS CENTRE IN THE PAST

YONG-CHONG,

WOULD MEMBERS

DO THEIR BEST

MR WINFIELD SAID HE WAS SURE THAT THE COMING COMPETITION.

IN

MR WINFIELD PAID

ΤΟ TRIBUTE

THE HONG KONG

SPORTS SCHOOLS PLAYED IN THE COMPETITION. MORE COUNCIL FOR THE IMPORTANT ROLE IT OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE OPENING UP FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO TAKE PART INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS, HE SAID.

IN

DEPARTMENTS,

MR

SEVERAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG BY VARIOUS NATIONAL

WINFIELD SAID, ADDING

AT THE WERE POTENTIAL

BEING IDENTIFIED TRAINING PROGRAMMES COULD BE ARRANGED FOR THEM.

WERE BEING ORGANISED FOR BODIES AND GOVERNMENT THAT YOUNG

EARLIEST

ATHLETES STAGE

WITH SO THAT

BEFORE PRESENTING A FLAG

SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TEAM, MR WAN

WINFIELD WISHED THE SUCCESS IN SINGAPORE.

ΤΟ

AT WAI-YIN.

THE TEAM MEMBERS

THE

MANAGER

THE BEST

OF

KONG THE HONG BRIEF CEREMONY, MR OF LUCK AND GREAT

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