SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1983
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SAFETY RULES IN SPORTS VITAL
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YOUNGSTERS WERE WARNED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT WHILE SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES PROVIDED THRILLS, EXCITEMENT AND CHALLENGE TO THE PARTICIPANTS, THEY ALSO CARRIED AN ELEMENT OF DANGER.
+ IT IS THEREFORE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER THE SAFETY RULES SO THAT A HEALTHY AND HAPPY VENTURE WILL NOT END IN DISASTER, + MR P.J. WILLIAMSON, COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, SAID IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS AT THE LAND SPORTS SAFETY ACTIVITIES DAY.
THE ACTIVITIES DAY HELD AT SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE FORMED PART OF THE 1983 LAND SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN.
IT WAS ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS, TOGETHER WITH RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
ITS AIM WAS TO BRING HOME TO PARTICIPANTS THE IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISING COMMONSENSE AND THE NEED TO OBSERVE SOME BASIC SIMPLE RULES ON LAND SPORTS SAFETY THROUGH DEMONSTRATIONS AND DISPLAYS.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE MR CHAM SIU-LEUN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS, AND MR P.E. BIRNEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE 1983 LAND SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN.
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS INCLUDED THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES, CIVIL AID SERVICES, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, AND SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
THE PROGRAMME CONSISTED OF DEMONSTRATIONS AND DISPLAYS ON POPULAR LAND SPORTS SUCH AS ARCHERY, CYCLING, HIKING, ORIENTEERING, ROLLER-SKATING AND TENT CAMPING BY RESPECTIVE SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.
SOME 700 WINNERS OF THE RECENT LAND SPORTS SAFETY QUIZ TOOK PART IN THE ACTIVITIES DAY AND LEARNED ABOUT BASIC SAFETY RULES FOR LAND-BASED SPORTS.
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