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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1977

YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVE LIFE SAVING AWARDS

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY THIS EVENING CONGRATULATED 339 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED LIFE SAVING AWARDS.

HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD MAKE USE OF THEIR TRAINING IN LIFE-SAVING AS THERE IS A +CONTINUING AND INCREASING DEMAND FOR LIFE GUARDS IN HONG KONG.+

SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY AT THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB IN REPULSE BAY, MR. TOPLEY SAID: +LIFE GUARDS ARE DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE A NECESSARY SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. ! THEREFORE CONGRATULATE THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE,

+SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL TOWARDS THE SERVICE AND MANY JOINT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED.

+THE CEREMONY THIS EVENING IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS JOINT CO-OPERATION WHICH HAS ENABLED 339 YOUNG PEOPLE TO UNDERGO TRAINING AND THEN EXAMINATION IN VARYING DEGREES OF PROFICIENCY IN LIFE SAVING.+

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RECIPIENTS RECEIVED CERTIFICATES FROM MRS. TOPLEY, MR. CHOW YAU, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB, AND DR. CHIU BUT-YORK, PRESIDENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES BRANCH OF THE CLUB.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A DINNER FOR OFFICIALS AND GUESTS TO MARK THE OCCASION.

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