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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1994

THE

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1994 A MEMORABLE YEAR FOR SPORTS: CS

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TONIGHT (THURSDAY) SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING A MEMORABLE YEAR FOR SPORTS IN 1994.

CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID

ASIAN GAMES,

GAMES FOR

THIS YEAR, HONG KONG WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES AND THE FAR EAST AND SOUTH PACIFIC THE DISABLED.

THAT TO SEEING

WITH CONTINUED HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, I AM CONFIDENT OUR ATHLETES WILL SCALE NEW HEIGHTS. WE ALL LOOK FORWARD

MRS CHAN SAID. MORE MEDALS BEING WON AT THESE GAMES,

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS PRESENTATION THE HONG KONG SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD (HKSDB).

DINNER OF

THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID HONG KONG HAD MADE MUCH SPORTS IN RECENT YEARS.

PROGRESS IN

LOCAL ATHLETES

HAVE DONE PARTICULARLY WELL

LAST

YEAR,

SHE

ADDED.

SHE SAID SPORTS WAS AN AREA WHERE A EXISTED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT, THE PRIVATE

ORGANISATIONS.

CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP SECTOR AND INTERESTED

HONG KONG SPORTS WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE HKSDB AND THE INSTITUTE IN APRIL, THE RESOURCES PUT INTO SPORT WILL BE USED IN BEST POSSIBLE WAY, SHE SAID.

THE

$100

LAST MAY, THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL GRANT OF MILLION TO PREPARE ATHLETES WITH POTENTIAL FOR THE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL GAMES IN THE COMING THREE YEARS.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE SUBVENTING THE HKSDB TO THE tune oF MILLION IN 1994/95.

$65

**THESE

INCREASED RESOURCES

HAVE BEEN MATCHED

BY A

INCREASE IN INTEREST AND SUPPORT FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR," SAID.

SIMILAR MRS CHAN

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