SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1981
ANYONE AGED OVER 14 YEARS CAN APPLY TO ENROL THROUGH THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WERE BEGINNING TO EXPLOIT THE GREAT POTENTIAL OF THE SEA FOR RECREATION, ADVENTURE AND EXCITEMENT, AND TO EXPERIENCE THE DISCIPLINE THE SEA IMPOSES ON ALL THOSE WHO SAIL UPON IT.
+HONG KONG ALSO NOW HAS ITS OWN DEEP-SEA TRAINING SHIP, THE OUTWARD BOUND SHIP JI FUNG', WHICH WILL ADD ANOTHER DIMENSION TO THE TRAINING OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND I HOPE THAT MANY OF YOU HERE, WHO LEARN YOUR BASIC SKILLS ON DINGHIES, WILL SOON HAVE A CHANCE TO CLIMB THE 100-FOOT HIGH MASTS OF THE 'JI FUNG' HE SAID.
AFTER HIS SPEECH, MR AKERS-JONES FIRED A GUN TO START A REGATTA IN WHICH OTHER YOUTH SAILING ASSOCIATIONS TOOK PART.
ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE PRESIDENT OF HONG KONG YACHTING ASSOCIATION, DR JOHN PARK, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE SAIL TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED, MR GORDON ROBINSON.
EDUCATION NEEDED FOR FISHING SUCCESS
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THE FUTURE OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY DEPENDS LARGELY ON A SOUND EDUCATION FOR ITS FUTURE MEMBERS, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.
ADDRESSING THE ANNUAL LUNCH OF THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION SCHOOLS, MR RIDDELL-SWAN ADDED THAT A HEAVY BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY RESTED ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOLS.
BOTH STAFF MEMBERS AND PUPILS CONTINUED TO INCREASE AND LAST
YEAR THE INCREASE WAS SOME 12 PER CENT FOR BOTH.
MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID TWO NEW CLASSROOMS WOULD BE BUILT AT THE SAI KUNG AND TSING YI SCHOOLS AND WOULD BE READY FOR THE START OF THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR NEXT SEPTEMBER.
STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOLS CONTINUED TO BRING CREDIT TO THE ORGANISATION DURING THE YEAR IN BOTH SPORTS AND ARTS, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID, PUPILS OF THE SAM MUN TSAI NEW VILLAGE SCHOOL HAD WON A GOLD MEDAL AT THE 22ND WORLD SCHOOL CHILDREN'S ART EXHIBITION IN KOREA LAST YEAR, HE RECALLED.
MR RIDDELL-SWAN CONGRATULATED THE HEADMASTER OF THE SAI KUNG SCHOOL, MR MA HUNG-BUN, WHO WAS AWARDED A BADGE OF HONOUR BY THE QUEEN LAST NEW YEAR IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
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