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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1982

SWIMMERS PRAISED FOR KEEPING FIT

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SWIMMING IS AN IDEAL WAY FOR EVERYONE TO KEEP FIT AND HEALTHY IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY OF THE 9TH HONG KONG WINTER LONG DISTANCE SWIM AT APPROACH BAY, TSUEN WAN MR HEYWOOD SAID IT WAS A PLEASURE FOR HIM TO SEE A GROUP OF ENTHUSIASTS MAKING THE BEST OF THE NATURAL RECREATION FACILITIES BY SWIMMING,

THE LONG DISTANCE SWIM ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION IS HELD ANNUALLY IN DECEMBER.

MORE THAN 400 SWIMMERS TOOK PART IN TODAY'S SWIMMING COURSE WHICH COVERED ABOUT 1 000 METRES FROM THE TING KAU BEACH TO APPROACH BEACH.

+ CAN SEE FROM THE VIGOROUS AND ENTHUSIASTIC WAY YOU HAVE ALL TACKLED THIS SWIM THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY IF YOU HAD BEEN ASKED TO TURN AROUND AND SWIM ANOTHER 1 000 METRES BACK TO TING KAU, MR HEYWOOD SAID.

+IT BECOMES QUITE AN EFFORT FOR URBAN DWELLERS TO ESCAPE FROM OUR HIGH RISE ENVIRONMENT AND GET OUT INTO THE FRESH AIR OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE WEATHER IS AN ADDED EXCUSE FOR STAYING INDOORS.

+I HOPE, THEREFORE, THAT MANY YOUNGSTERS IN HONG KONG WILL HEAR OF YOUR ACTIVITIES, WILL LEARN FROM YOUR EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, AND JOIN YOU AND YOUR CLUB IN WINTER SWIMMING,+ MR HEYWOOD ADDED.

HE CONGRATULATED THE WINNERS AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE OTHERS WOULD KEEP SWIMMING AND RETURN AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR ANOTHER TRY.

BISHOP VISITS RECEPTION CENTRE

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THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF HONG KONG, THE RIGHT REV JOHN BAPTIST WU, TODAY (SUNDAY) VISITED THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE TO WISH THE INMATES A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE PRISONS CHAPLAINS FATHER STEPHEN EDMONDS AND FATHER SEAN P. BURKE.

BISHOP WU TOURED THE CENTRE AND WAS BRIEFED BY THE SENIOR SUPER INTENDENT IN CHARGE, MR CHOW SAI-WING ON THE PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES PROVIDED THERE. HE ALSO TALKED TO SOME OF THE INMATES.

THE BISHOP VISITS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTIONS AT CHRISTMAS EVERY YEAR,

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