MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1980
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+WE HAVE ALSO SEVERAL LIFE GUARDS WHO HAVE MADE SPLENDID INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS WHILE ON DUTY, AND THESE COME FROM YOUR HONORARY LIFE GUARDS, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT LIFE GUARDS AND FROM THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB, A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND PRIVATE DONATIONS WAS SET UP 20 YEARS AGO TO PROMOTE WATER SAFETY.
AT PRESENT. IT HAS 8 000 VOLUNTEER MEMBERS IN THE URBAN AREA AND 1 000 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
BESIDES DEPLOYING VOLUNTEER LIFE GUARDS AT VARIOUS BEACHES, THE CLUB ALSO ORGANISES TRAINING PROGRAMMES ON SWIMMING, LIFE RESCUING AND CANOEING WITH THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE FLYING DRAGON LIFE GUARD CLUB AND THE NEW CENTURY LIFE SAVING CLUB WERE AWARDED THE SPECIAL WATER SAFETY AWARD.
FOURTEEN MEMBERS RECEIVED VALUABLE SERVICE AWARDS WHILE 29 MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED WITH THE HONG KONG RESCUE STAR.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
LADY CATER TO VISIT COMMUNITY CHEST MEMBER AGENCIES
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LADY CATER, PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF HONG KONG, WILL VISIT THREE OF ITS MEMBER AGENCIES IN KOWLOON ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 10).
THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST, MR G.A. HENDERSON, WILL ACCOMPANY LADY CATER ON THE VISITS TO THE EVANGEL CHILDREN'S HOME AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ADVICE-ACTION COUNCIL IN WONG TAI SIN AND TO THE SAMARITAN BEFRIENDERS HONG KONG AT LOK FU ESTATE.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER LADY CATER'S VISITS ON WEDNESDAY. THE TIME OF THE VISITS AND THE ADDRESSES OF THE AGENCIES ARE AS FOLLOWS
* EVANGEL CHILDREN'S HOME 120 SHATIN PASS ROAD,
WONG TAI SIN (2.30 PM
* NEIGHBOURHOOD ADVICE-ACTION COUNCIL 1
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3.10 PM).
CHUN YAN STREET, WONG TAI SIN (3.20 PM - 4.15 PM).
* THE SAMARITAN BEFRIENDERS HONG KONG:
45, BLOCK 13, GROUND FLOOR, LOK FU ESTATE (4.25 PM - 5 PM)