SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1985
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NEW RESCUE CATAMARANS ON TRIAL
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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS PUT TWO NEWLY-DESIGNED CATAMARANS INTO TRIAL SERVICE FOR RESCUE DUTIES AT THE OLD CAFETERIA BEACH AND THE KADOOR IE BEACH IN TUEN MUN.
THE TWO CATAMARANS, JOINTLY DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THE RSD, ARE MADE OF FIBRE GLASS, INSTEAD OF ALUMINIUM.
THE RSD HAS AT PRESENT 28 ALUMINIUM CATAMARANS FOR PATROL AND RESCUE DUTIES AT GAZETTED BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE FIBRE GLASS CATAMARANS ARE PART OF THE RSD'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RESCUE AND FIRST AID FACILITIES AT NEW TERRITORIES BEACHES, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
IF THE NEW CATAMARANS PROVED SATISFACTORY, THE RSD WOULD CONSIDER PHASING OUT ALL ALUMINIUM CATAMARANS IN THE COMING YEARS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
THE NEW CATAMARANS COST ABOUT $20 000 EACH AND CAN BE TAKEN APART FOR STORAGE AND REASSEMBLED WITHIN MINUTES.
ALSO, THE NEW MODELS REQUIRE ONLY TWO OR THREE LIFEGUARDS TO LAUNCH, AS COMPARED WITH THE ALUMINIUM MODELS WHICH REQUIRE AT LEAST SIX,
AND BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILT OF A LIGHTER MATERIAL, THE NEW CATAMARANS ARE EASIER TO MANOEUVRE.
SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT YOUTH
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MORE THAN 100 ITEMS OF SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S COLOURED BOAT COMPETITION IN REPULSE BAY, MR CHAN CALLED ON LOCAL YOUTHS TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES AIMED AT PROVIDING THEM WITH HEALTHY PASTIMES DURING THE LONG SUMMER VACATION.
/+THE JOCKEY