Friday, August 25, 1972
SWIMMING CERTIFICATES PRESENTED
A presentation ceremony to mark the end of the Education
Department's mammoth learn-to-swim campaign this year will be held
at the Kwun Tong Swimming Pool tomorrow (August 26).
During the ceremony, some 50 children who have successfully
completed a 12-1ession swimming course will each receive a certificate
from the Senior Education Officer (Physical Education), Mr. A.W. Campbell.
This will bring to more than 2,000 the number of certificates presented
during the summer courses.
Swimming lessons have been given daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p..
at the teaching pools of Morse Park, Lei Cheng Uk and Kwun Tong Swimming
Pool complexes by specially trained instructors throughout the summer
vacation.
They were spread over a period of two weeks during which successive
groups of children were taught the basic skills of swimming for an hour
each day. This gave every child 12 hours of instruction over the two weeks.
Those who could swim 10 meters or more at the end of the course
were awarded a certificate.
Some 3,000 children have taken part in this year's scheme, the
largest on record.
Note to Editors:
The presentation ceremony will be held at 10a.m. at the Kwun Tong Swimming Pool tomorrow (Saturday). You are cordially invited to send a reporter and/or photographer to cover the event.
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