SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1981
IT COULD BE USED FOR ACTUAL RESCUE OPERATIONS AT SEA AND FOR PATROL WORK WHENEVER MAJOR AQUATIC FUNCTIONS ARE ORGANISED OR SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT,
A NUMBER OF AMS STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO SIT FOR A MARINE DEPARTMENT EXAMINATION FOR MASTER CERTIFICATE AND MASTER ENGINEER'S LICENCE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE RESCUE CRAFT.
+ IN JULY THIS YEAR WE ARE ALSO SENDING ONE OF OUR OFFICERS TO ENGLAND TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN MORE ADVANCED CANOE RESCUE TECHNIQUES,+ MR TONG SAID.
+AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TAKE TO THE WATER TO GO SWIMMING AND THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WILL PROBABLY INCREASE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT HONG KONG'S LIFEGUARDS ADOPT THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNIQUES OF LIFE-SAVING TO HANDLE ANY EMERGENCY SITUATION WHICH MAY ARISE,+ MR TONG SA ID.
THE AMS OFFICER WILL LEAVE HONG KONG FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM IN LATE JULY TO ATTEND A FIVE-WEEK COURSE FOR TWO BRITISH CANOE UNION QUALIFICATIONS WHICH ARE FULLY RECOGNISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CANOE FEDERATION.
MR TONG SAID THE AMS, APART FROM CARRYING OUT LIFE-SAVING DUTIES, PLANNED TO PROVIDE OCCASIONAL TALKS TO YOUTH LEADERS, FACTORY GROUP ORGANISERS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES ON HOW TO PLAY SAFE IN WATER AND WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY.
+ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES,+ MR TONG SAID.
MEANWHILE, AN AMS DELEGATION HAS RETURNED TO HONG KONG AFTER TAKING PART IN THE WORLD LIFE SAVING INTERCLUB SURF CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD RECENTLY IN BALI, INDONESIA.
A 32-MEMBER AMS LIFE-SAVERS TEAM WAS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT HONG KONG AT THE FUNCTION.
+THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT AN AMS TEAM REPRESENTED HONG KONG IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST AND WON PRIZES,+ MR TONG SAID.
OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE EVENT, HELD FROM APRIL 28 TO MAY 3, INCLUDED BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND INDONESIA.
THE AMS LIFE-SAVING TEAM, FORMED IN 1968, HAS WON THE GOVERNOR'S SHIELD FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS IN SUCCESSION FOR ITS PERFORMANCES IN THE ANNUAL MARCH PAST OF HONG KONG LIFEGUARDS.
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