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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1990
THIRTY-FOUR LIFE SAVERS HONOURED
THIRTY-FOUR MEMBERS
*
OF THE
* *
COMMUNITY WERE COMMENDED TODAY
(MONDAY) FOR THEIR COURAGE IN SAVING 65 PEOPLE FROM DROWNING.
THE GROUP
WAS
PRESENTED THE RESCUE
STAR,
THE HIGHEST
HONOUR FOR WATER RESCUE, BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY Held
REPULSE BAY, DR LEE LIFE GUARD CLUB (HKLGC) IN SAVERS' SELFLESS AND GALLANT ACTS, ADDING THAT THEY EXAMPLE FOR US ALL.
TO AT SEA.
THE ANNUAL AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1962 TO PARTICIPATE IN LIFE-SAVING OPERATIONS PEOPLE HAD RECEIVED RESCUE STARS.
AT THE HONG KONG PRAISED THE LIFE HAD SET A GOOD
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE SINCE THEN, 809
THIS YEAR'S AWARD WENT TO 10 FISHERMEN AND 24 THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (RSD) AND THE OCEAN PARK.
LIFEGUARDS FROM
NAMED
RESCUE 19 LIFE
LED THE FISHERMEN GROUP то MR HO DING-FAT, WHO
THIS
WAS YEAR, BRITISH SOLDIERS OFF TAP MUN ON JUNE 17 SAVER OF THE YEAR AND WAS HONOURED WITH THE TIEN HAU TROPHY.
TYPHOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED AT THE TIME OF RESCUE, THE NO. 1
FOUND FLOATING AND THE BRITISH SOLDIERS, WHOSE BOAT HAD SUNKEN, WERE AT SEA.
WEATHER AND
SEAS, THE ROUGH FISHERMEN RUSHED OUT IN SAMPANS AND RESCUED ALL THE SOLDIERS.
DESPITE THE
INCLEMENT
THE
PUBLIC AMONG THE LIFEGUARDS, MR YUNG KAM-PUI OF RSD'S TUEN MUN
NUMBER
IN OF LIVES.
THE SWIMMING POOL SAVED THE HIGHEST
SWIMMING NINE SWIMMERS WHILE SEASON OF THIS YEAR, MR YUNG ALTOGETHER RESCUED
SAVED FIVE HIS COLLEAGUE AT THE SAME SWIMMING POOL, MR LAM CHI-YUNG, PEOPLE.
MR HO PUI, ALSO RESCUED ANOTHER RSD LIFEGUARD, AT BUTTERFLY BEACH, TUEN MUN, IN THIS SWIMMING SEASON.
FIVE SWIMMERS
PROVIDED SOME IN 1990, THE HKLGC
4.400 VOLUNTEER LIFEGUARD AT BATHING BEACHES, SERVICES
SWIMMING POOLS AND VARIOUS WATER AND A TOTAL OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY SOCIAL BODIES, 1,007 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM DROWNING.
MOREOVER, THE CLUB CONTINUED TO PROMOTE YOUTH
SWIMMING COMPETITIONS,
ON
LIFE-SAVING, SWIMMING
PROGRAMMES WITH POSTER AND
6,700 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN ITS DESIGN CONTEST AND TRAINING
FIRST AID.
SESSIONS
/THE CLUB