MAI 17, 1905
GOVERNOR CONGRATULATES PING-PONG TEAM
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HONG KONG'S TABLE TENNIS TEAM WHICH SWEPT ALL THE TITLES IN THE RECENT COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN KUALA LUMPUR WAS CONGRATULATED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AT A RECEPTION IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE THIS EVENING.
LADY YOUDE WAS ALSO PRESENT TO SAY +WELL DONE+ TO THE MEN AND WOMEN PING-PONG PLAYERS WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM TOKYO WHERE THEY PERFORMED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AT THE 37TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
AT THE RECEPTION WERE FIVE MEN AND FIVE WOMEN PLAYERS LED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION, MR CHUNG WING-KWONG AND NINE OTHER OFFICIALS.
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, HR BARRIE WIGGHAM, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ATTENDED THE RECEPTION.
MORE FISHERMEN TAKE NAVIGATION COURSE
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NAVIGATION TRAINING COURSES ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ENABLE FISHERMEN TO NAVIGATE THE IR VESSELS MORE ACCURATELY AND SAFELY AND TO AVOID INTRUDING INTO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF OTHER COUNTRIES, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (FISHERIES), MR R.M. CHILVERS SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
SUCH TRAINING COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MID-WATER AND DISTANT WATER FISHING FLEET, MR CHILVERS SAID, WHILE ADDRESSING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE 29TH CLASS.
THE COURSES STARTED IN 1963 AND EVOLVED FROM THE SKIPPER CLASS FIRST HELD IN 1955.
MR CHILVERS SAID THEY THUS HAVE A LONG HISTORY AND ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPING OFFSHORE FISHING FLEET.
•THE STUDENTS RECEIVE TRAINING IN PRACTICAL CHART WORK, SEAMANSHIP, SIGNALLING, ELEMENTARY CELESTIAL NAVIGATION AND DEAD RECKONING NAVIGATION.+
DURING THE SIX-MONTH COURSE, TWO ONE-WEEK PERIODS OF PRACTICAL TRAINING ABOARD THE DEPARTMENT'S ́ FISHERIES RESEARCH VESSEL, +TAI SHUN+ WERE HELD.
MR CHILVERS SAID1 +AS THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF FISHING CRAFT AND GEAR ACCELERATE AND THE MODERN VESSELS ADOPT MORE POWERFUL ENGINES AND IMPROVED HULL DESIGNS AND FIT MORE ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION AND FISH FINDING EQUIPMENT, THEIR COST INCREASES, +
HOWEVER, THESE DEVELOPMENTS ENABLE THE VESSELS TO VENTURE FURTHER OFFSHORE AND TO AREAS REMOTE FROM HONG KONG WHERE THE TRADITIONAL LAND MARKS PREVIOUSLY USED IN NAVIGATION ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT.
MR CHILVERS PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO SEVEN GRADUATING NAVIGATORS, WHO JOIN ANOTHER 261 STUDENTS FROM PREVIOUS COURSES.
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