SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1982
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900 PEOPLE SAVED BY LIFE GUARDS LAST YEAR
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MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB SAVED THE LIVES OF 900 PEOPLE LAST YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
DEEPLY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR WORK, HE TOLD A GATHERING AT THE ANNUAL GRAND PARADE OF HONORARY LIFE GUARDS AT REPULSE BAY: *FOR THIS VITAL SERVICE THE COMMUNITY OWES YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
+WITHOUT THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDED BY NEARLY 10 000 LIFE GUARDS, WE WOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO CROWD OUR BEACHES EACH YEAR.
+YOUR VERY PRESENCE ON THE BEACHES GIVES CONFIDENCE TO ALL BATHERS, AND THAT YOU DO THIS IN AN HONORARY BASIS IS EVEN MORE COMMENDABLE.+
MR AKERS-JONES, WHO IS ALSO THE HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH OF THE CLUB, TOOK THE SALUTE AT THE PARADE OF HONORARY LIFE GUARDS AND PRÉSENTED THE GOVERNOR'S SHIELDS TO THE WINNING TEAMS IN THE MEN AND WOMEN SECTIONS,
HE CONGRATULATED ALL THE TEAMS WHO TOOK PART IN THIS STIRRING AND COLOURFUL MARCH PAST,+ AND THANKED THE WATER SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION OF UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT.
FORTY TEAMS COMPRISING MORE THAN 480 MEMBERS TOOK PART IN TODAY'S PARADE WHICH MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE CLUB'S HONORARY LIFE GUARD SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC IN SUMMER.
PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT IN CENTRAL
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THE AREA AROUND STATUE SQUARE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
AFTER THREE MONTHS' TRIAL OPERATION, IT HAS PROVED TO BE EXTREMELY POPULAR. THUS THE SECTIONS ON CHATER ROAD AND ICE HOUSE STREET WILL REMAIN CLOSED ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.