WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985
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SWIMMING MAINTAINS POPULARITY IN NT
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SW!MING HAS AGAIN PROVED THE MOST POPULAR SUMMER SPORT IN HONG KONG WITH ABOUT 8.8 MILLION PEOPLE MAKING USE OF SWIMMING POOLS AND BEACHES MANAGED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE CURRENT SWIMMING SEASON WHICH STARTED ON APRIL 1.
THE TOTAL, WHICH INCLUDED 7.6 MILLION BEACH-GOERS AND 1.2 MILLION WHO USED PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES, WAS 200 000 MORE THAN FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
AT THE SAME TIME, RSD LIFEGUARDS SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED 201
TWO DROWNING WERE PEOPLE AT POOLS AND 194 AT THE BEACHES. RECORDED.
THERE WERE ALSO 27 SWIMMING GALAS AND VARIOUS WATER SPORTS EVENTS ORGANISED BY SCHOOLS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN NON-URBAN SWIMMING POOLS DURING THE SAME PERIOD,
THE DEPARTMENT AT PRESENT OPERATES SIX SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES AND CONTROLS 28 GAZETTED BEACHES, AT WHICH TRAINED LIFEGUARDS ARE ON DUTY DURING OFFICIAL OPENING HOURS.
SUNDAY SWIMMING GALA AT SHA TIN ***
ABOUT 150 SWIMMERS WILL COMPETE IN THE FOURTH SHA TIN SWIMMING GALA ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 8) AT THE SHA TIN JOCKEY CLUB PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL IN YUEN WO ROAD.
THE ANNUAL EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, AND ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND CO-ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE.
THERE WILL BE 72 EVENTS
INCLUDING THE FREE STYLE,
BREAST-STROKE, BUTTERFLY, AND RELAY RACES.
WINNERS WILL THEN TAKE PART IN THE FIRST NEW TERRITORIES INTER-DISTRICT SWIMMING GALA TO BE HELD IN NORTH DISTRICT, ON SEPTEMBER 22.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, MR NG CHAN-LAM; DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM WOON-KWONG; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION, MR LI KWONG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SHA TIN SWIMMING GALA AT THE SHA TIN JOCKEY CLUB PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 8), AT 9.30 AM.
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