SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1984
'PLAY SAFE'
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KEY WORDS FOR LAND SPORTS LOVERS
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LAND SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS WERE TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO SAFETY RULES WHEN ENGAGING IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS.
ACCORDING TO STATISTICS COMPILED BY THE POLICE, 15 FATAL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING LAND SPORTS AND LAND-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES WERE RECORDED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR AS COMPARED WITH ONLY SEVEN IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
OF THE 15 FATAL CASES RECORDED, 13 OR 70 PER CENT WERE CONNECTED WITH CYCLING.
TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS, A LAND SPORTS SAFETY DAY WAS HELD TODAY AT THE GUN CLUB HILL BARRACKS IN KOWLOON.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROMOTIONAL EVENT ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS AND CO-ORDINATED BY THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR WONG LAM EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISING COMMON SENSE AND OBSERVING THE BASIC SIMPLE RULES WHEN TAKING PART IN VARIOUS TYPES OF LAND SPORTS, SUCH AS THE USE OF APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT AND AWARENESS OF CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.
MR WONG SAID THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS HAD COMPLETED A RESEARCH ON CYCLING SAFETY THIS YEAR, AND MOST OF ITS RECOMMENDATIONS HAD RECEIVED POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING RESPONSE FROM THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED. THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED EDUCATING STUDENTS ON ASPECTS OF CYCLING SAFETY, STEPPING UP MEDIA PUBLICITY THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF A TV API (ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST) ON RECREATIONAL CYCLING AND INCREASING THE PROVISION OF CYCLING FACILITIES.
TODAY'S EVENT, WHICH ATTRACTED MORE THAN 2 000 SPECTATORS AND PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDED DEMONSTRATIONS, PLAY-IN SESSIONS, STATIC_DISPLAYS, FILM-SHOWS, TALK SHOW BY TV ARTISTES AND BAND PERFORMANCE.
WINNERS OF A QUIZ COMPETITION ON LAND SPORTS SAFETY WERE ALSO INVITED TO SHARE THE FUN AND RECEIVE THEIR SOUVENIRS.
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