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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1975

GOVERNOR PRAISES ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING COMMENDED THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY AND THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE PAST YEARS.

ADDRESSING THE SOCIETY'S ANNUAL DINNER AT THE HONG KONG COUNTRY CLUB, THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT WITH THE GROWING POPULARITY OF SWIMMING, AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTIVE PROMOTION OF RECREATION AND SPORT, THE CALLS ON THE SOCIETY'S AND LIFE GUARD CLUB'S SERVICES COULD ONLY INCREASE.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH:

+THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING ME TO THIS ANNUAL DINNER AND TO SHARE WITH YOU THE JOYS OF WHAT YOU, SIR KENNETH (FUNG PING- FAN), HAVE DESCRIBED AS A RARE OCCASION'.

+1 SINCERELY CONGRATULATE THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY AND THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB ON THE EXCELLENT RESULTS YOU HAVE ACHIEVED OVER THE YEARS. THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR WORK IS TOO OBVIOUS TO NEED COMMENT AND IS, I AM SURE, FULLY APPRECIATED NOT ONLY BY THOSE WHOSE LIVES YOU HAVE SAVEĎ, BUT ALSO BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

+WITH THE GROWING POPULARITY OF SWIMMING IN HONG KONG, BOTH AS A SPORT AND AS A RECREATIONAL PASTIME, AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTIVE PROMOTION OF RECREATION AND SPORT, THE CALLS ON YOUR SERVICES CAN ONLY INCREASE WITH TIME. YOU HAVE FREELY AND UNSTINTINGLY GIVEN THESE SERVICES IN THE PAST, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. YOUR HÅRD WORK WILL BE RICHLY REWARDED BY THE SATISFACTION YOU WILL GET FROM SAVING LIFE AND FROM TRAINING OTHERS TO DO SO.

+FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN WITH MR. HENRY FOK IN CONGRATULATING THE WINNERS OF THE VARIOUS COMPETITIONS. IT IS MY VERY GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT THEM WITH THE AWARDS WHICH THEY HAVE SO WELL DESERVED.+

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