SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1987
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SPECTACULAR LAUNCH FOR WATER SPORTS SAFETY
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BOATS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES TOOK PART IN A SPECTACULAR SEA PARADE OFF THE EAST TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE COLOURFUL PAGEANT OF DRAGON BOATS, SAILING AND SPEED BOATS. CANOES. LAUNCHES, CRUISERS AND WINDSURFERS WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE 1987 WATER SPORTS SAFETY DAY LAUNCHED BY THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MRS ELSIE TU, TODAY.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS, DR S.F. LAM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE 1987 WATER SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN, MR J.A. FORTUNE ¦ AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR C.N.B. OXLEY.
MRS TU EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE +PLAY SAFE+ APPROACH TO WATER SPORTS IN HER OPENING ADDRESS.
+MANY ACCIDENTS ARE DUE TO CARELESSNESS AND HUMAN ERRORS WHICH CAN BE AVOIDED, SHE SAID.
+WE SHOULD THEREFORE ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO THE SAFETY RULES AND NEVER FORGET TO USE OUR COMMON SENSE, SHE ADDED.
IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, MR FORTUNE STRESSED THE NEED TO GET ACROSS THE +PLAY SAFE+ MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC AND NOT JUST TO SPORTSMEN WHO GENERALLY ALREADY KNEW THE SAFETY RULES.
+REMEMBER, THE WATER SPORTS SAFETY DAY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN - IT IS UP TO YOU TO ENSURE THE SAFETY MESSAGES WE TRY TO PUT OVER TO YOU TODAY ARE PRACTISED,+ HE CONCLUDED.
TODAY'S PROGRAMME ALSO FEATURED WATER SPORTS SKILLS AIR-SEA RESCUES WITH RHKAAF HELICOPTERS AND MARINE POLICE LAUNCHES, ROYAL NAVY RESCUES AND LAND-BASED DISPLAYS AS WELL AS FILM SHOWS.
DELEGATES TO ATTEND ILO CONFERENCE
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A TRIPARTITE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL LEAVE FOR GENEVA LATER THIS WEEK TO ATTEND THE 73RD SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION,
MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION INCLUDE THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, DR LUI MINO-WAH OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, AND MR CHENG YIU-TONG OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS.