SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1980
MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE SOMETIMES THOUGHT THAT IN HONG KONG WE TENDED TO EMPHASISE THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNG AND THAT AS A RESULT WE SOMETIMES LOST SIGHT OF THE NEED FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY AND THERE WAS LITTLE ORGANISED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
+1 THEREFORE HOPE THAT MORE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND OTHER GROUPS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE WELFARE OF OUR PEOPLE WILL INCREASE THE IR ACTIVITIES IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS FOR OUR ELDERLY, HE APPEALED.
KUN CHUNG TEMPLE IS A TWO-STOREY BUILDING ON A 2 000-SQUARE- METRE SITE AT MAY VILLA BUNGALOW, FANLING. ADJACENT TO IT IS THE BUDDHIST PO CHING HOME FOR AGED WOMEN.
THE TEMPLE WAS FORMERLY THE PO CHING MEMORIAL HALL.
THE PRESENT ABBOT, REV KOK KWONG, SAW THE NEED FOR A SITE FOR REST AND PASTIME ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING NEXT DOOR AND INITIATED BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITH DONATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BUDDHIST COMMUNITY.
THE UPPER STOREY OF THE TEMPLE IS USED FOR WORSHIP WHILE THE GROUND FLOOR IS USED AS A MEMORIAL HALL AND AN OLD PEOPLE'S RECREATION CENTRE.
AN ENLIGHTENMENT CEREMONY WAS HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OPENING. OFFICIATING WERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION OF CHINA, REV PAI SHENG THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG BUDDHIST SANGHA ASSOCIATION, REV SAI CHUN- AND THE ABBOT OF PO-LUM MONASTERY, LANTAU, REV SING YI
SPORT LOVERS TAUGHT HOW TO PLAY SAFE
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WE CAN ENJOY OURSELVES AND BE SAFE AT THE SAME TIME IF WE USE OUR COMMONSENSE AND OBSERVE SIMPLE SAFETY RULES WHEN TAKING PART IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, MR ALAN SCOTT, SECRETARY FOR
INFORMATION, SAID TODAY.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY AT MORSE PARK, MR SCOTT REFERRED TO THE HIGH ACCIDENT RATE IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
HE SAID: +WITH MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TAKING PART IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS OF ALL KINDS BECAUSE OF INCREASED LEISURE TIME, ACCIDENT RATES HAVE BECOME TOO HIGH IN CERTAIN SPORTS.
+WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITY THERE ARE POSSIBLE RISKS OR DANGERS, BUT THESE CAN BE GUARDED AGAINST BY SIMPLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND THIS APPLIES TO CYCLING QUIETLY ALONG, JUST AS MUCH AS TO MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.+
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE MR CHAM SIU-LEUN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS-
MR HOWARD YOUNG, URBAN COUNCILLOR AND MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS MR NORMAN COI, SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT AND MR DICKEN YUNC, CHAIRMAN OF THE LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY WORKING PARTY.
/THE LAN