MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1980 ·
SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING TONIGHT IN VICTORIA BARRACKS
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THE SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING NIGHT' ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE (RSS), THE MUSIC OFFICE AND THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB, WILL BE HELD AT THE VICTORIA BARRACKS SWIMMING POOL THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
THE EVENT WILL START AT 7.30 PM AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM WILL BE THE OFFICIATING GUEST.
THE RSS ORGANISED SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING TRAINING CLASSES LAST YEAR AS A PILOT SCHEME AND AS THE RESULT WAS FOUND TO BE ENCOURAGING MORE TRAINING CLASSES WERE ORGANISED THIS YEAR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB'S EDUCATION OFFICER, MR LI CHI SHING.
MR LI POINTED OUT THAT IF SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING WAS LISTED AS A COMPETITIVE EVENT IN THE OLYMPICS, HONG KONG SWIMMERS WOULD BE ABLE TO SHOW OFF THE IR TALENT AND EVEN MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE GOOD RESULTS.
+THIS IS BECAUSE THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR SYNCHRONISED SWIMMERS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD AND AS THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 15 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD PROMOTING THIS EVENT, SO WE ARE NOT FACED WITH STRONG COMPETITION, HE SAID.
LAST MONTH, WHEN THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION HELD THE FIRST HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP, THERE WERE TWO DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS ON SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING, WITH LIVE MUSIC BEING INTRODUCED TO ACCOMPANY THE SWIMMERS.
AT TONIGHT'S FUNCTION, THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND OF THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL PROVIDE LIVE MUSIC FOR THE SWIMMERS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING NIGHT TO BE HELD AT 7.30 PM TONIGHT (MONDAY) AT THE VICTORIA BARRACKS SWIMMING POOL.
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