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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1979
SNT PRAISES NT LIFE GUARDS
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MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB'S NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH WERE PRAISED THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING FOR THE IR VOLUNTARY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY BY PROTECTING SWIMMERS AT NEW TERRITOR IES BEACHES.
THE TRIBUTE CAME FROM THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE INAUGURATION AND PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH OF THE CLUB.
ADDRESSING THE CEREMONY IN CANTONESE, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITOR IES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS EVERY SUMMER AND, TO PROTECT THEM, THE BRANCH WAS HELPING TO TRAIN MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE VOLUNTARY LIFE GUARDS.
+AND THIS DESERVES PRAISE,+ HE SAID.
AT THE SAME TIME, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID, THE CLUB ALSO ORGANISED A SPECIAL LIFE-SAVING COURSE TO GIVE LIFE-SAVING TECHNIQUE IN OCEAN WAVES -- SO ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE GUARDS ON THE ISLANDS.
+ I AM PLEASED TO KNOW THAT 27 PEOPLE HAVE FINISHED THE COURSE AND OBTAINED CERTIFICATES.+
MR. AKERS-JONES NOTED THAT 11 PEOPLE WERE SAVED FROM DROWNING BY LIFE GUARDS OF THE CLUB AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
+YOUR BRANCH GAVE AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR. I AM SURE THAT THIS YEAR, UNDER THE GUIDANCE YOUR CHAIRMAN MR. CHAN KANG-FOUT, YOUR BRANCH WILL ACHIEVE EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL RESULTS,+ HE SAID.
TWO HIGHWAY PROJECTS RE-GAZETTED
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TWO HIGHWAY PROJECTS -- THE ELEVATED ROAD ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD AND THE GLOUCESTER ROAD FLYOVER - HAVE BEEN RE-GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE RE-GAZETTING OF THE TWO PROJECTS RESULTED FROM LEGAL ADVICE ON THE DEFINITION OF UNDERTAKING+ IN SECTION 2 OF THE STREETS (ALTERATION) ORDINANCE.
+AN ELEVATED ROAD IS A NEW STREET AND NOT AN ALTERATION OF AN EXISTING STREET. EXCEPT WHEN IT AFFECTS THE EXISTING STREET AT GROUND LEVEL, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
+IN SUCH CASES IT IS THEREFORE NOT NECESSARY TO GAZETTE THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ELEVATED ROAD UNDER THE STREETS (ALTERATION) ORDINANCE, HE SAID.
ACCORDINGLY THE ORIGINAL GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED ELEVATED ROAD ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD AND FOR THE GLOUCESTER ROAD FLYOVER ARE CANCELLED AND RE-GAZETTED IN TODAY'S (FRIDAY) GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.