SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1978
ALL URBAN CENTRES TO HAVE SWIMMING POOLS
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THE GOVERNMENT AIMS AT ENSURING THAT ALL URBAN CENTRES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAVE SWIMMING POOLS AS PART OF A CALCULATED PLAN TO PROVIDE EVERY COMMUNITY WITH FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OF ALL KINDS.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE THIRD NEW TERRITORIES SWIMMING GLGA AT KWAI SHING SWIMMING POOL.
+AT THE MOMENT THERE IS ONLY ONE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THE KWAI SHING SWIMMING POOL, HE SAID. +A NEW SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL HOWEVER BE OPENED IN FAN LING LATER THIS MONTH.+
+THREE OTHER POOLS, ONE AT YUEN LONG, AND ONE AT TUEN MUN AND ANOTHER AT SHA TIN ARE DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1981, + HE ADDED.
MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THAT SPORTSMANSHIP AND THE ENTHUSIASM DISPLAYED BY MORE THAN 350 COMPETITORS IN THE SWIMMING GALA WAS INDICATIVE OF THE GROWING INTEREST IN SWIMMING AS A COMPETITIVE SPORT IN HONG KONG.
THE ANNUAL SWIMMING EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK CULTURAL AND RECREATION SUB-COMMITTEE.
BUSY MONTH FOR FLYING VOLUNTEERS
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THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE CARRIED OUT 24 MISSIONS IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY CALLS LAST MONTH -- THE HIGHEST FOR A SINGLE MONTH SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
ON SEVEN OCCASIONS DURING THE MONTH, THE FORCE'S HELICOPTERS WERE CALLED OUT TO SEARCH FOR MISSING CAMPERS, SURVIVORS OF A SUNKEN BOAT AND A LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH.
OTHER MISSIONS INVOLVED.FLYING PREGNANT WOMEN AND INJURED PERSONS, INCLUDING THOSE SUFFERING FROM SNAKE BITES, FROM OUTLYING ISLANDS TO HOSPITALS.
OF THE MISSIONS, SEVEN WERE UNDERTAKEN DURING THE NIGHT TIME.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE RHKAAF HAS MADE MORE THAN 100 FLIGHTS IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY CALLS,
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