SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1981
SPORTS LOVERS TAUGHT THE SAFE WAYS
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ENJOY SPORTS WERE TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED TO +PLAY SAFE+ WHEN TAKING PART IN VARIOUS TYPES OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THIS YEAR'S WATER SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN AT VICTORIA PARK, DR HENRY HU HUNG-LICK, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SAID WITH MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TAKING PART IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS OF ALL KINDS THERE WAS A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN ACCIDENT RATES LAST YEAR.
+ I AM SURE THAT THROUGH OUR COMMONSENSE AND THE GOOD CO-OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER COMMUNITY BODIES IN PROMOTING SAFETY, ACCIDENTS CAN BE PREVENTED, SAID DR HU.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE MR CHAM SIU-LEUN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS AND MR HOWARD YOUNG, URBAN COUNCILLOR AND MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS.
MR YOUNG, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE WATER SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, SAID THIS YEAR THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD WOULD BE EXTENDED TO COVER THE SUMMER MONTHS.
DURING THIS PERIOD, SAFETY DEMONSTRATIONS AND +PLAY—IN+ SESSIONS WILL BE ORGANISED BY INDIVIDUAL WATER SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.
+PARTICIPANTS SELECTED TO ATTEND THESE 'PLAY-IN' SESSIONS
WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO LEARN ON THE SPOT SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS ON VARIOUS SPORTS AND TO PUT THE PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE BY PARTICIPATING IN THE SPORTS ACTIVITIES,+ MR YOUNG SAID.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THIS NEW CONCEPT WILL NOT ONLY ADD VAR IETY TO THE PROJECT BUT ALSO LEND MORE WEIGHT TO THE PURPOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN WHICH IS TO PROMOTE A 'PLAY SAFE' AWARENESS IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE WHEN ENGAGING IN OUTDOOR SPORTS, HE ADDED.
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DETAILS OF THE +PLAY-IN+ SESSIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER
TODAY'S EVENT, CO-ORDINATED BY THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY A NUMBER OF SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDING THE HONG KONG AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION, HONG KONG CANOE UNION, HONG KONG UNDERWATER FEDERATION, HONG KONG WATER SKI ASSOCIATION, HONG KONG YACHTING ASSOCIATION, THE WINDSURF ING ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB AND MANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
THE DAY'S PROGRAMME BEGAN WITH A PUPPET SHOW PRESENTED BY THE MOBILE STREET THEATRE OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES ON THE THEME OF AQUATIC SPORTS SAFETY.
SPECTATORS WERE THEN INVITED TO WATCH A SERIES OF SAFETY DEMONSTRATIONS AND SPECTACULAR DISPLAYS ON CANOEING, WINDSURF ING, YACHTING, SWIMMING, LIFE SAVING, SNORKELLING, SCUBA DIVING AND DIVING.
TO HELP BRING HOME THE SAFETY MESSAGE, THERE WAS ALSO AN EXHIBITION ON THE SAFETY RULES AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT OF VARIOUS TYPES OF AQUATIC SPORTS.
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