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PRIDAY, JULY 6, 1984
+ IN THE MIDST OF OUR ENJOYMENT, WE MUST NOT FORGET OUR OWN SAFETY, OR ELSE WHAT STARTS OUT TO BE A HEALTHY AND HAPPY VENTURE MAY END IN DISASTER, HE SAID.
WITH HIM AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS MR JOHN FORTUNE, CHAIRMAN OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY SUB-COMMITTEE ON AQUATIC SPORTS OF +SOP+. MR FORTUNE SPOKE ON WATER SPORTS SAFETY.
DR LAM SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RAPID GROWTH OF SPORTING ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST DECADE, AND MORE PEOPLE WERE BECOMING INTERESTED IN SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
+ IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE PROMOTION OF SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS SO THAT AS PEOPLE ARE INTRODUCED TO THE VARIOUS KINDS OF SPORTS AND RECREATION, THEY WILL ALSO BE EDUCATED AND REMINDED OF THE NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, HE SAID.
THE SOP COMMITTEE, UNDER THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, HAD BEEN GIVEN THE JOB OF PROMOTING SPORTS SAFETY,
THE COMMITTEE ORGANISES TWO MAJOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SAFETY PROJECTS EACH YEAR, ONE ON WATER SPORTS AND THE OTHER ON LAND SPORTS.
DR LAM SAID: +THE VITAL MESSAGE WE TRY TO PUT ACROSS IS: IF PEOPLE CAN JUST EXERCISE MORE COMMON SENSE AND CARE, A LOT OF ACCIDENTS AT SEA OR ON LAND CAN WELL BE AVOIDED.+
SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS WAS MAINLY AMATTER OF COMMON SENSE, GOOD PLANNING, THE USE OF CORRECT EQUIPMENT, AWARENESS OF THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AND KNOWING ONE'S LIMITATIONS, HE SAID.
IN ADDITION TO TWO PUBLICITY EVENTS IN THE FORM OF WATER SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY AND LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY, THE COMMITTEE IS PLANNING TO PRODUCE A TV API (ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST) ON RECREATIONAL CYCLING SAFETY AND A POSTER ON AQUATIC SPORTS SAFETY.
EDUCATIONAL FILMS ON LAND AND WATER SPORTS SAFETY COVER ING CYCLING, CAMPING, HILLWALK ING, SWIMMING, ROWING AND CANOEING HAVE ALSO BEEN PRODUCED AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR LOAN TO INTERESTED PARTIES.
COPIES OF A BOOKLET, ENTITLED STEPPING OUT+, WHICH COVERS SAFETY HINTS ON A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE AT THE SECRETARIAT, COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT.
SPEAKING ABOUT WATER SPORTS SAFETY, MR JOHN FORTUNE SAID THAT THE ACCIDENT RATE IN WATER ACTIVITIES HAD INCREASED OVER THE YEARS.
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