Tuesday, April 17, 1973
MORE LIFE-GUARDS ON BEACHES AND POOLS
Clean Beaches Campaign To Be Launched Next Month
The Urban Services Department is implementing a series of improvements
to make the beaches and public swimming pools in Hong Kong cleaner and
safer for swimmers this summer.
There will be more life-guards on the 37 beaches and six public
swimming pools throughout Hong Kong.
There are at present 333 full-time life-guarda, 79 more than
last year and 143 more than of 1971.
Twelve vacancies are expected to be filled in May, a spokesman for
the Department said.
The Hong Kong Life Guard Club are helping out by providing men from
the ranks of its 2,000 fully qualified members to work part-time at public
swimming pools and major beaches.
They will augment the Department's life-guard service on Saturday,
Sunday and public holidays from mid-June to early September.
The Department will also seek assistance from fully qualified members
of the Auxiliary Medical Services to work part-time from mid-July to early
September.
To keep the beaches in Hong Kong cleaner and more enjoyable this
year, the Department has increased the number of litter bins and has ordered
a beach-cleaner which will be delivered next month.
/The beach-cleaner
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