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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1982

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1982 LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY

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ACCIDENTS ARISING FROM LAND SPORT ACTIVITIES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1982 INCREASED BY MORE THAN 50 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF 1981, ACCORDING TO A REPORT COMPILED BY THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS.

THE REPORT, ENTITLED +ACCIDENTS ARISING FROM OUTDOOR PURSUITS+, SAID THAT FROM JANUARY TO JUNE THIS YEAR, 136 ACCIDENTS, INVOLVING THREE FATAL CASUALTIES, WERE REPORTED,

IN THE SAME PERIOD OF 1981, ONLY ONE PERSON DIED AND 90 ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED.

IN VIEW OF THE RISING NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS, THE COMMITTEE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LAND SPORTS BODIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL LAUNCH A +LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY+ ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 26) AT 9 AM AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND WHERE EXPERTS WILL GIVE SAFETY DEMONSTRATIONS ON VARIOUS LAND SPORT ACTIVITIES.

THE DEMONSTRATIONS WILL COVER ARCHERY, CYCLING, ORIENTEERING, HIKING, ROLLER-SKATING, RADIO-CONTROLLED MODEL HELICOPTERS FLYING AND CAMPING.

*THE OCCASION IS A MAJOR VEHICLE IN THE OVERALL PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO DRIVE HOME THE PLAY SAFE' MESSAGE TO ALL THOSE WHO ENJOY OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES,+ SAID MR HOWARD YOUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE 1982 LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY.

*WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MASS MEDIA, IT IS HOPED THAT THE 'PLAY SAFE' ADVICE WILL HELP REDUCE THE ACCIDENT RATE IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS,+ HE ADDED.

NOTE TO EDITORS1

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE +1982 LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY+ TO BE HELD AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND, TSUI PING ROAD, KWUN TONG, ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 26).

THE HON CHARLES YEUNG SIU-CHO, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL BE AMONG THE PRINCIPAL GUESTS ATTENDING THE OCCASION.

TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO TAKE THE PRESS TO AND FROM THE VENUE. TWO 11-SEATER VANS WILL LEAVE THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER, TSIM SHA TSU! AT 8.15 AM SHARP AND RETURN AT ABOUT NOON.

GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO GIVE ASSISTANCE.