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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990

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MORE INTEREST IN RECREATION AND SPORT

THE LAST DECADE SAW AN UPSURGE OF POPULAR INTEREST RECREATION AND SPORT, PROMPTED BY THE PURSUIT OF A BETTER QUALITY LIFE RESULTING FROM ECONOMIC GROWTH, DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP SAID THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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TABLING THE REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT FOR 1988 1989, DR IP SAID HONG KONG HAD BECOME A REGULAR PARTICIPANT IN INTERNATIONAL SPORT AND HAD ACHIEVED SOME NOTABLE SUCCESSES IN MAJOR

EVENTS.

SUCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS OWED MUCH TO THE DEDICATION OF ATHLETES AND SPORTS ADMINISTRATORS AND COACHES, SHE NOTED.

"HOWEVER, CREDIT SHOULD ALSO GO TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT WHO LABOURED UNTIRINGLY то ENSURE ADEQUATE SUPPORT FOR ATHLETES THROUGH THE COUNCIL.

"ALTHOUGH THE COUNCIL OFTEN HAD TO START FROM MODEST BEGINNINGS WITH VARIOUS INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP SPORT, SUCH GROUNDWORK WAS MOST VALUABLE IN PAVING THE WAY FOR FURTHER PROGRESS," DR IP SAID.

THE REPORT WAS THE LAST FROM THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT WHICH WAS DISSOLVED ON NOVEMBER 1 LAST YEAR UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROVISIONAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DR IP

POINTED OUT.

"WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN APRIL THIS YEAR, SPORT IN HONG KONG WILL ENTER A NEW PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT," SHE ADDED.

TWO BILLS PASSED

THE URBAN COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 WERE PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FOUR BILLS WERE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS. THEY WERE THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL { AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY BILL 1990, THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION INSURANCE LEVIES BILL 1990 AND THE RADIATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990.

DEBATES ON THE BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.

IN ADDITION, THREE RESOLUTIONS MOVED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDER THE PUBLIC FINANCE ORDINANCE WERE PASSED BY THE COUNCIL.

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