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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1989

CS OPENS ASIAN INTER-CITY ATHLETICS MEETING

THE ASIAN INTER-CITY ATHLETIC MEET, LAUNCHED ON THE INITIATIVE OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IN 1983, HAS NOW BECOME A MAJOR ATHLETICS MEETING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ASIA, THE SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING,

IMPORTANT

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CHIEF

BEEN CHOSEN AS "I AM DELIGHTED THAT HONG KONG HAS ONCE AGAIN

EVENT, SIR DAVID SAID WHEN THE VENUE FOR HOSTING THIS

SPORTS OPENING THE 5TH ASIAN INTER-CITY ATHLETIC MEET AT THE WAN CHAI GROUND.

DELEGATIONS EXCITING TO TEST

EXTENDING A WARM WELCOME TO THE YOUNG ATHLETES AND FROM 23 CITIES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THE ATHLETES HAD AN INTO PRACTICE, AND OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEIR HARD TRAINING THEMSELVES TO THE LIMIT.

WILL

SET NEW STANDARDS "I AM SURE THAT TOGETHER YOU WILL NOT ONLY

BUT

ALSO FOSTER

CLOSER YOU ATHLETICS, YOUTH ASIAN FRIENDSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES,

FOR

SIR DAVID

CONGRATULATED

HONG THE

A

I

HE SAID.

ATHLETIC

KONG AMATEUR ASSOCIATION AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED FOR ORGANISING THE EVENT.

HONG KONG NOW A CULTURAL LEADER IN ASIA

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A

OF RANGE

AND CULTURAL CULTURE, MR GUS

RECREATION, SPORTS HONG KONG HAS DEVELOPED CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WHICH PLACES THE TERRITORY AS ONE OF THE

AND RECREATION LEADERS IN ASIA, THE SECRETARY FOR CHUI, SAID IN LOS ANGELES ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 14).

ADDRESSING A MEETING OF THE

ASIA SOCIETY DURING A FOUR-DAY SAID THAT SINCE THE 1960'S,

THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, A KONG'S EMERGENCE IN THE

VISIT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MR CHUI UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND NUMBER OF ELEMENTS HAD CONTRIBUTED TO HONG CULTURAL FIELD.

EXPANDED AND NEW TOWNS HAVE "AS HONG KONG'S POPULATION HAS

WE AREAS,

HAVE INVESTED BEEN

UNDEVELOPED PREVIOUSLY BUILT IN

LARGE LONG-TERM IN HONG KONG'S CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BY BUILDING SEVEN

5.7 MILLION AND MODERN CULTURAL COMPLEXES TO SERVE OUR POPULATION OF AT A COST OF OVER US$150 MILLION.

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MR CHUI