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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1981
WORK OF CHEUNG CHAU LIFE-SAVING ASSOCIATION PRAISED
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THE ENTHUSIASM AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE OF CHEUNG CHAU LIFE-SAVING ASSOCIATION WAS PRAISED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY ISLANDS ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MICHAEL ROWSE.
MR ROWSE WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF EXECUTIVE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE 14TH TERM.
+WITH SERVICES RENDERED BY YOUR ASSOCIATION, MANY ACCIDENTS ARE AVOIDED, HE SAID.
BESIDES PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING SERVICES AT WEEKENDS AND ON HOLIDAYS, THE ASSOCIATION ALSO RAN SWIMMING, LIFE-SAVING AND CANOEING TRAINING COURSES.
ESTABLISHED IN 1958, THE ASSOCIATION HAS MORE THAN 700 MEMBERS AT PRESENT.
IT HAS ORGANISED FOUR TEAMS OF LIFE-GUARDS, EACH COMPRISING EIGHT MEMBERS, TO SERVE LOCAL BEACHES IN TURN.
IT HAS ALSO SET UP A 22-MEMBER RESCUE TEAM TO HELP DURING TYPHOONS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR YEUNG YUK-LUN, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE, MR FUNG PAK-TAI, WERE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY DURING WHICH 28 MEMBERS WERE INAUGURATED FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM OF OFFICE.