5
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1977
INSTRUCTIONS ON SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, SUCH AS NOT FLYING KITES WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE AIRPORT, NEAR POWER PYLONS AND RAILWAY LINES AND NOT ON ROOFTOPS OR ON HIGH GROUND WHERE THERE IS AN ABRUPT DROP, ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE CLASSES ARE AT PRESENT CONDUCTED ON SUNDAYS IN TAI PO. +CHILDREN LIVING IN THE AREA WERE SO ENTHUSIASTIC THAT ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS, MANY NEWCOMERS APPLIED TO JOIN THERE AND THEN, MISS LAU SAID.
J
+AS THE CLASSES ARE HELD AS A PILOT PROJECT. ONLY 72 YOUNGSTERS AGED BETWEEN 11 AND 22, INCLUDING FOUR GIRLS WERE ACCEPTED.
+BECAUSE OF THIS OVERWHELMING RESPONSE, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE IS PLANNING TO OPEN NEW CLASSES ON SUNDAYS IN THE COUNTRY PARKS TO ENABLE VISITORS FROM URBAN AREAS TO SHARE IN THIS FASCINATING GAME,+ SHE SAID.