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Friday, August 25, 1972

SWIMMING CERTIFICATES PRESENTED

A presentation ceremony to mark the end of the Education

Department's mammoth learn-to-swim campaign this year will be held

at the Kwun Tong Swimming Pool tomorrow (August 26).

During the ceremony, some 50 children who have successfully

completed a 12-1ession swimming course will each receive a certificate

from the Senior Education Officer (Physical Education), Mr. A.W. Campbell.

This will bring to more than 2,000 the number of certificates presented

during the summer courses.

Swimming lessons have been given daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p..

at the teaching pools of Morse Park, Lei Cheng Uk and Kwun Tong Swimming

Pool complexes by specially trained instructors throughout the summer

vacation.

They were spread over a period of two weeks during which successive

groups of children were taught the basic skills of swimming for an hour

each day. This gave every child 12 hours of instruction over the two weeks.

Those who could swim 10 meters or more at the end of the course

were awarded a certificate.

Some 3,000 children have taken part in this year's scheme, the

largest on record.

Note to Editors:

The presentation ceremony will be held at 10a.m. at the Kwun Tong Swimming Pool tomorrow (Saturday). You are cordially invited to send a reporter and/or photographer to cover the event.

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