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SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1980

MR LEWIS SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO SET UP THE SAN TIN MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE KAM TIN GROUP.

HE SAID THERE WERE PLANS TO EXTEND THE IDEA TO OTHER AREAS IN YUEN LONG.

THE FIRST MEETING WOULD BE HELD ON JUNE 30 AT SAN TIN RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICES AND MEETINGS WOULD BE HELD EVERY TWO MONTHS AFTERWARDS.

NOW YOU CAN JOIN WATER BALLET CLASSES

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BUDDING AQUATIC STARS ARE BEING TAUGHT THE GRACEFUL ART OF WATER BALLET WITH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF COMPETING IN THE SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING EVENT WHICH MAY BE INTRODUCED IN THE 1984 OLYMPICS.

THIS IS THE TARGET IN SIGHT FOR THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DIVISION, HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH WHICH IS RUNNING A SERIES OF SUCH COURSES IN ITS SUMMER ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME.

A PILOT SCHEME WAS STARTED LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR'S COURSE IS EXPECTED TO DRAW A LARGE NUMBER OF YOUNG SWIMMERS.

AND ACCORDING TO THE RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR TSIN YAN-PUI, MOST APPLICANTS ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY ACQUIRED A SOUND KNOWLEDGE IN WATER SAFETY. YOUNG WOMEN MAKE UP ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF THE ENROLMENT.

COURSES CONSIST OF 20 SESSIONS OF ONE HOUR EACH AT THE LI CHENG UK, KENNEDY TOWN, MORSE PARK, KWUN TONG AND VICTORIA PARK SWIMMING POOLS.

+THE SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING PILOT SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED LAST SUMMER WITH MORE THAN 120 SWIMMERS PARTICIPATING IN THREE ELEMENTARY CLASSES AND ONE INTERMEDIATE CLASS. THE SCHEME ALSO HELPS TO FOSTER PUBLIC INTEREST, BY WAY OF TRAINING, IN WATER SAFETY THROUGH THIS GRACEFUL ART, SAID MR TSIN.

BUT SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING IS NOT ENTIRELY NEW TO HONG KONG. THE ACTIVITY ITSELF IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF LIFE SAVING AWARDS AND

IN THIS REGARD THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE HAS SOUGHT THE EXPERTISE OF THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB'S EDUCATION OFFICER, MR LI CHI-SHING.

MR LI, EXAMINER OF THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY AND INTERNATIONAL TRAINING OFFICER OF WORLD LIFE SAVING, IS THE COURSE SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBLE FOR 20 INSTRUCTORS. TWO INSTRUCTORS HANDLE ONE CLASS OF WATER BALLET IN THE SERIES OFFERED BY THE SERVICE.

+PARTICIPANTS IN THE ELEMENTARY COURSE ARE TAUGHT BASIC AQUATIC TECHNIQUES SUCH AS TREADING WATER, DIVING, SOMERSAULTS AND FLOATING.

/+IN THE