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SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1988
THE EVENT ALSO FEATURED AIR-SEA RESCUES INVOLVING SAFETY DEMONSTRATIONS, AN EXHIBITION AND FILM SHOWS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, SAID THE NUMBER OF CONNECTION WITH WATER SPORTS WOULD TEND TO INCREASE AS PARTICIPATED IN THESE ACTIVITIES.
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HELICOPTERS,
THE REGIONAL ACCIDENT IN MORE PEOPLE
'BUT MANY ACCIDENTS COULD BE AVOIDED IF THE BASIC SAFETY OF RECREATION AND SPORT ARE FULLY APPRECIATED," HE SAID.
RULES
HE APPEALED TO THOSE PRESENT TO HELP SPREAD THE "PLAY MESSAGE TO THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
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URBAN
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, MR H.M.G. FORSGATE, SAID KNOWING HOW TO SWIM OPENED UP MANY LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL PASTIME.
HE URGED PEOPLE TO LEARN TO SWIM PROPERLY, ADVISING THEM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SWIM ALONE AND SHOULD ONLY SWIM AT PLACES DESIGNATED FOR SWIMMING PURPOSE.
THE LEARN-TO-SWIM CLASSES ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL WERE DESIGNED FOR NON-SWIMMERS, HE SAID, ADDING THAT OVER 170,000 PEOPLE HAD COMPLETED THESE SWIMMING COURSES SINCE 1972.
EARLIER IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE 1988 WATER SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN, MR JOHN FORTUNE, ALSO CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THE BASIC SAFETY RULES WHEN TAKING PART IN ANY FORM OF WATER ACTIVITIES AND TO USE THEIR COMMON SENSE.
ORGANISATIONS TAKING PART IN TODAY'S EVENT INCLUDED VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.
PUBLIC URGED TO SUPPORT BLOCK-TO-BLOCK CLEAN-UP
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE URGED ΤΟ SUPPORT A TERRITORY-WIDE BLOCK-TO-BLOCK CLEAN-UP OPERATION TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE
TOMORROW (MONDAY).
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MARKING A NEW PHASE IN THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN THE OPERATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE CLEANSING STAFF OF THE URBAN REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF THE TERRITORY THROUGHOUT JUNE.
/A SPOKESMAN