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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1980

PUBLIC CALLED ON TO PAY ATTENTION TO WATER SAFETY

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UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR HU FA-KUANG, TODAY CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WATER SAFETY WHEN PARTICIPATING IN SEA SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

MR HU WAS PRESENTING PRIZES AT THE SEVENTH TOLO HARBOUR CANOE RACES ORGANISED BY THE OUTWARD BOUND (ALUMNI) ASSOCIATION AND SPONSORED BY TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE.

ALTHOUGH HONG KONG IS ACUTELY SHORT OF USABLE LAND, IT HAS VERY GOOD NATURAL SURROUNDING WATERS SUITABLE FOR SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID. TOLO HARBOUR IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.

CANOEING IS A VERY HEALTHY GAME FOR DEVELOPING ILL-POWER AND AS PHYSICAL STAMINA TRAINING. DUE TO PROMOTION BY GOVERNMENT AND KEEN EFFORTS OF OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED, THE NUMBERS TAKING PART IN CANOE ACTIVITIES HAVE INCREASED RAPIDLY OVER THE YEARS, HE ADDED.

+AS CANOE ING AND OTHER KINDS OF SEA SPORTS ACTIVITIES DEVELOP WE HAVE TO PAY VERY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WATER SAFETY.

+WHENEVER WE PARTICIPATE IN THESE ACTIVITIES, ADEQUATE SAFETY EQUIPMENT MUST BE INSTALLED AND CARRIED IN ADDITION, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND MEASURES MUST BE FOLLOWED, MR HU SAID.

ABOUT 250 TEAMS TOOK PART IN THE 15 EVENTS TODAY WHICH

LADIES' INCLUDED 30 KILOMETRES RACE, MEN'S SINGLES AND DOUBLES SINGLES AND DOUBLES, MIXED DOUBLES AND SHORT DISTANCE KAYAK RACES.

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THE NEWLY-INTRODUCED 30-KILOMETRE RACE COURSE STARTED FROM ISLAND HOUSE TO NAI CHUNG, LAI CHI CHONG, TAI MEI TUX, MA SHI CHAU AND BACK TO ISLAND HOUSE. THE COURSES FOR OTHER EVENTS VARIED FROM 500 METRES TO 21 KILOMETRES.

THE OUTWARD BOUND (ALUMNI) ASSOCIATION CUP WENT TO KWUN TONG SWIMMING CLUB TEAM WHICH GAINED THE HIGHEST TOTAL POINTS FROM ALL EVENTS. THE WINNER OF THE 30-KILOMETRE RACE WAS YEUNG CHUN TAK OF EASY CANOE CLUB, IN A TIME OF THREE HOURS 17 MINUTES AND 56 SECONDS.

ALSO ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WERE MRS HU, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES- THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE, MR WONG CHUN-WAL, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR WONG YUEN-CHEUNG.

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