XN000022-1977-03-11 — Page 10

+

FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1977

· 9 ·

TALK ON MOUNTAIN CLIMBING TECHNIQUES

******

THE 'DOS AND DON'TS' OF MOUNTAINEERING WILL BE HAMMERED HOME TO A GROUP OF MOUNTAINEERING ENTHUSIASTS AT A TALK TO BE GIVEN BY THE CIVIL AID SERVICES (CAS) TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

THE TALK, HELD AT THE REQUEST OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME IS DESIGNED TO KEEP 50 LOCAL EXPEDITION INSTRUCTORS AND ASSESSORS OF THE SCHEME ABREAST OF THE LATEST TECHNIQUES IN MOUNTAINEERING, LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS MOUNTAIN RESCUE AND SEARCH,

MR. JOHN FORTUNE, CHIEF STAFF OFFICER OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES AND MR. CHENG SUNG NGAR, A CAS SENIOR TRAINING OFFICER WHO RECEIVED ADVANCED TRAINING IN MOUNTAINEERING IN BRITAIN LAST YEAR, WILL BE THE SPEAKERS.

FOLLOWING THE TALK, THERE WILL BE A DISPLAY OF MOUNTAINEERING GEAR AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT BY THE CAS.

THE TALK WILL BEGIN AT 10 A.M. AT THE CAS KOWLOON TRAINING CENTRE IN ARGYLE STREET (NEXT TO KOWLOON CITY POLICE STATION).

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE TALK AND DISPLAY OF MOUNTAINEERING GEAR. FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED TO COVER THE DISPLAY ONLY, PLEASE BE AT THE CENTRE NOT LATER THAN NOON. A CAS TRAINING OFFICER MR. NG YIU LUN, WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.

1

/10..

Page 10Page 11