WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1984
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OX GOLD COINS GOING ON SALE
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APPLICATIONS FOR THE YEAR OF THE OX GOLD COINS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE COMING LUNAR NEW YEAR WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
APPLICATION FORMS FOR THE LIMITED QUANTITY OF $1 000 GOLD COINS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION BRANCHES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THE PROOF VERSION OF THE COIN IS PRICED AT $3 300 AND THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COIN IS AT $2 200, + SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
COMPLETED FORMS, TOGETHER WITH CROSSED CHEQUES DRAWN ON PERSONAL ACCOUNTS MADE PAYABLE TO +HONG KONG GOVERNMENT 1985 SPECIAL COIN ACCOUNT+ OR CASHIER'S ORDERS MUST REACH ANY OF THE TEN HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION BRANCHES LISTED IN THE APPLICATION FORM BEFORE 12.30 PM ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1984.
+THE YEAR OF THE OX GOLD COIN IS THE TENTH IN A SERIES TO COMMEMORATE THE CYCLE OF 12 LUNAR YEARS, EACH REPRESENTED BY AN ANIMAL, WHICH FALL IN THE WESTERN CALENDAR YEARS 1976 - 1987. APPLICATIONS NOW BEING INVITED ARE RESTRICTED TO RESIDENTS WITH A HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
LIFEGUARDS KEEP SWIMMING CASUALTIES DOWN
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LIFEGUARDS THIS YEAR HAVE RESCUED 1 112 SWIMMERS WHO GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES AT BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ADDRESSING A CIVIC RECEPTION FOR THE ASIA PACIFIC LIFE SAVING COUNCIL HELD AT THE CITY HALL, MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID: +THE URBAN COUNCIL, WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY, IS COMMITTED TO THE TRAINING OF LIFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THOSE WHO TAKE TO THE WATER, WHETHER AT A BEACH OR IN A SWIMMING POOL.
*THIS YEAR, 660 SWIMMERS LEARNT THE VERY VITAL WATER RESCUE TECHNIQUES THROUGH THE 22 LIFE SAVING CLASSES ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL. OUR FACILITIES ARE ALSO MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH OFFER SIMILAR TRAINING.+
URBAN COUNCIL SWIMMING FACILITIES NOW COMPRISE 11 SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES CONTAINING A TOTAL OF 76 SWIMMING POOLS, PLUS 12 BEACHES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
/MR CHEONG-LEEN