THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1984
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MORE TIME SPENT ON LEISURE
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MORE TIME WAS BEING SPENT BY HONG KONG PEOPLE ON LEISURE ACTIVITIES, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, SAID TODAY.
AS A RESULT, ALL SORTS OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL PURSUITS HAD SPRUNG UP IN RECENT YEARS, MR BRAY SAID, OPENING THE 1984 HONG KONG BOAT SHOW AT THE CLUB MARINA COVE, HO CHUNG IN SAI KUNG.
MR BRAY SAID THAT BOATING IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER WAS AMONG THE MORE POPULAR ACTIVITIES, AND THAT THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED PLEASURE CRAFT HAD DOUBLED AS COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER IN 1976.
THIS DID NOT INCLUDE THE MASSES OF PLEASURE CRAFT THAT DID NOT HAVE TO BE REGISTERED, LIKE SAILING DINGHIES OR WINDSURFERS, HE SAID.
WORKERS' TIME OFF HAD INCREASED SINCE 1976, SO THAT TODAY THE FIVE-AND-A-HALF DAY WEEK WAS VERY WIDESPREAD.
+A GOOD DEAL OF THE INCREASED WEALTH GENERATED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN TAKEN UP BY ITS PEOPLE NOT IN INCREASED WAGES BUT IN INCREASED LEISURE,+ HE SAID.
MR BRAY NOTED THAT OVER 30 EXHIBITORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH BOATING WERE AT THE SHOW.
SAFETY SEMINAR FOR TOP MANAGEMENT
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AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SEMINAR FOR TOP MANAGEMENT IN HONG KONG WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 13 (THURSDAY) AT THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL.
THE ANNUAL SEMINAR, INTRODUCED FOUR YEARS AGO, IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PROMOTION ORGANISING SUB-COMMITTEE.
MR K.Y. TONGSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE, SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME PARTICIPATION WOULD BE INVITED FROM NEIGHBOURING PLACES TO FACILITATE A WIDER EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON WORK SAFETY.
HE SAID THE SEMINAR HAD ACHIEVED REMARKABLE RESULTS IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, MAKING MORE TOP MANAGEMENT AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK.
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