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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1984
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THE PROPOSED SAFETY MEASURES ARE NO MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THOSE WHICH WOULD APPLY TO ANY COMBAT SPORTS ORGANISED BY GOVERNING BODIES AND ARE MEANT TO ENSURE THAT THE CONTESTANTS ARE EVENLY MATCHED, PHYSICALLY FIT BY EXAMINATION AND THAT THE CONTESTS ARE CONDUCTED IN A SAFE MANNER.
A SIGNIFICANT NEW CONDITION IS TO MAKE THE PERMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ALL REASONABLE STEPS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE CONTESTANTS+.
FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CONTESTANTS, THE NEW PERMIT CONDITIONS REQUIRE THAT BEFORE THE BOUT CONTESTANTS MUST BE MEDICALLY EXAMINED AND CERTIFIED FIT BY A REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. IT WILL ALSO BE MANDATORY FOR CONTESTANTS TO WEAR GLOVES OF NOT LESS THAN EIGHT OUNCES (226.4 GRAMMES), HEAD GUARD, BODY GUARD, GROIN GUARD AND MOUTH GUARD. A REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER SHALL BE PRESENT AT THE RINGSIDE THROUGHOUT THE CONTEST TO ATTEND TO ANY INJURIES WHICH MAY OCCUR AND, IF HE DEEMS IT NECESSARY, MAY TERMINATE THE CONTEST AT ANY TIME.
THE NEW CONDITIONS ALSO SPELL OUT THE WEIGHT DIFFERENCE OF THE CONTESTANTS - NOT MORE THAN FIVE KILOGRAMS. PERSONS UNDER 18 ARE PROHIBITED FROM TAKING PART IN THE CONTEST.
ANOTHER NEW CONDITION STIPULATES THAT EACH CONTEST SHALL CONSIST OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE ROUNDS, WITH EACH ROUND NOT LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT THE PERMITTEE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DUE OBSERVANCE OF ALL THE CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT. WHERE ANY CONDITION OF SUCH PERMIT IS CONTRAVENED, THE PERMITTEE SHALL BE GUILTY OF AN OFFENCE AND SHALL BE LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $10 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
BOARD TO DISCUSS REGIONAL COUNCIL
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TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION, ORGANISATION AND FUNCTION OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AT A SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW (TUESDAY) MORNING.
THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR PETER NG WILL ATTEND THE MEETING TO BRIEF BOARD MEMBERS ON THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO THE TAN KWEI TSUEN BORROW AREA,
ALLOW THE TRANSPORTATION OF FILLING MATERIALS TO A RECLAMATION TE AT THE FERRY PIER IN SOUTH TUEN MUN.
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