WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1988
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PUBLICITY ON HILL BLACKSPOTS' NOT ADVANTAGEOUS
MOUNTAINEERS BY NATURE SEEK NEW CHALLENGES AND PUBLICITY ON SPECIFIC ROCK CLIMBING "BLACKSPOTS" WOULD EXPERIENCED CLIMBERS AND MIGHT ALSO HAVE AN UNDESIRABLE ATTRACTING LESS EXPERIENCED CLIMBERS TO SUCH LOCATIONS.
GOVERNMENT
NOT DETER EFFECT OF
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID THIS IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ROSANNA TAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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IN GENERAL, HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT HAD COMMITTEE DEALING WITH SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS, AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND FILMS ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AS PART OF ITS ON-GOING "PLAY SAFE" CAMPAIGN, MR LIAO SAID.
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DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS THERE HAD ONLY BEEN ONE FATAL CASE AND TWO INJURY CASES ARISING FROM ROCK CLIMBING IN HONG KONG.
THE FORMER INVOLVED A YOUNG MAN CLIMBING UNACCOMPANIED AND ILL- EQUIPPED ON THE LION ROCK MAIN CRAG IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THERE HAD BEEN THREE DEATHS AND 32 INCIDENTS INVOLVING 115 HIKERS OR HILLWALKERS, MOSTLY OCCURRING WITHIN COUNTRY PARKS BUT NOT AT ANY PARTICULAR SPOTS.
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"IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT IN MOST CASES, THE ACCIDENTS WERE THE RESULT OF A PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL FACTOR OR CONDITIONS SUCH SUNSTROKE OR DEHYDRATION AND DID NOT INVOLVE FALLS OR OTHER MISHAPS DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE ACTIVITY ITSELF," MR LIAO SAID.
FEASIBILITY OF EXPO IN HK UNDER STUDY
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EXPOSITION IS
THE FEASIBILITY OF HONG KONG HOSTING A WORLD UNDER ACTIVE STUDY WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION, THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, THE HON PETER TSAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG, MR TSAO SAID IT WAS A COMPLEX MATTER WHICH INVOLVED A NUMBER OF BRANCHES AND DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT.
BUT HE STRESSED THAT THE BUREAU INTERNATIONAL D'EXPOSITIONS (BIE) WAS ALREADY AWARE OF HONG KONG'S INTEREST IN HOLDING AN EXPO IN 1997, AND NO FURTHER NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST WAS REQUIRED AT THIS STAGE.
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