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MONDAY, JULY 13, 1981

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+THE COURSE IS EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH THE WOMEN AND WE ARE USUALLY OVERSUBSCRIBED WITHIN MINUTES AFTER ENROLMENT STARTS,+ SAID MRS WONG.

THE WOMEN ARE FAR KEENER IN TAKING THE COURSE THAN THE MEN. THE MEN SEEM TO GIVE UP MORE EASILY. +PERHAPS IT IS BECAUSE BEING FEWER IN NUMBER, THEY ARE TOO SHY TO STAY ON, SHE SAID.

SO FAR, SOME 130 WOMEN AND ABOUT 20 MEN HAVE GONE THROUGH THE COURSE.

IN THE OPINION OF COURSE INSTRUCTOR MR CHOW MAN-KUI, MORE INSTRUCTORS AND MORE ATTENTION ARE REQUIRED IN TEACHING THE ELDERLY. +AND YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE MORE PATIENT TOO, HE ADDED.

MR CHOW, WHO IS WITH THE KWUN TONG SWIMMING CLUB, SAID THE ELDERLY WOMEN WILL BE ABLE TO SWIM ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE.

QUITE APART FROM THE BENEFITS TO HEALTH AND EMOTION, THE COURSE ALSO ACHIEVES THE OBJECT OF BRINGING THE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER SOCIALLY, THEREBY ALSO HELPING IMPROVE THE OVERALL SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE AREA, EXPLAINED MRS WONG.

WATER FIGURES

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WATER STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 38.1 PER CENT OR 220.104 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

ON THE SAME DATE LAST YEAR, THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 335.971 MILLION CUBLIC METRES OF WATER, OR 58.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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