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SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1986
IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, MR FORTUNE SAID THAT FAR TOO MANY ACCIDENTS OCCURRED TO PEOPLE NOT USING COMMON SENSE, NOT OBTAINING PROPER TRAINING AND IGNORING BASIC SAFETY RULES DESPITE THE COMMITTEE'S REPEATED CALLS TO +PLAY SAFE+.
+ I IMPLORE ON YOU TO THINK CAREFULLY AND USE YOUR COMMON SENSE BEFORE TAKING PART IN ANY WATER-BASED ACTIVITY,+ HE SAID.
DISTRICT BOARD SUPPORT FOR SPORTS EVENTS
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MORE THAN 20 SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS, REQUIRING SPONSORSHIP OF $100 300 FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD, ARE BEING PLANNED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL THIS YEAR.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SIMON LORD, SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE RECENTLY ENDORSED $24 525 TO SPONSOR SEVEN COUNCIL-ORGANISED PROJECTS BETWEEN MAY 25 AND AUGUST 17.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT COLOURED BOAT COMPETITION IN REPULSE BAY.
MR LORD COMMENDED THE COUNCIL FOR PROMOTING RECREATION AND SPORTS IN THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE VARIETY OF HEALTHY AND ENJOYABLE ACTIVITIES IT ORGANISED.
HE SAID THE COLOURED BOAT RACE, WHICH HAD PROVEN POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST, IS ONE OF SUCH PROJECTS WHICH PROVIDED EXCITEMENT AND FUN FOR PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS ALIKE.
THE COUNCIL'S 1986-87 PROGRAMME CONTAINS A VARIETY OF SPORTS EVENTS, SUCH AS BASKETBALL, BADMINTON, SOCCER, SWIMMING AND AN ATHLETIC MEET.
VOLLEYBALL AND TABLE-TENNIS COMPETITIONS, AS WELL AS BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL MATCHES FOR WOMEN, WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR.
TWO POPULAR EVENTS, THE SANDSCAPING COMPETITION AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT TELEMATCH, WILL BE HELD ON A WIDER SCALE THIS YEAR TO COINCIDE WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
THE ACTIVITIES ARE AIMED AT MEETING THE DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES AND OCCUPATIONS. INTER- CONSTITUENCY EVENTS ARE ALSO ORGANISED TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF DISTRICT IDENTITY AMONG RESIDENTS.
TODAY'S COLOURED BOAT COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL AND SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD.
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