SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1983
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SWIMMERS AT BEACHES SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS
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BEACHGOERS ARE BEING STRONGLY URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN THEY ENTER THE WATER FOR A SWIM.
THEY SHOULD SWIM WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THEIR ABILITY AND SHOULD NOT RELY ON SWIMMING AIDS. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
NOTING THAT THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS RECENTLY AT NON-GAZETTED BEACHES, HE TOLD THEM TO SWIM WITHIN THE SAEFTY AREAS CLEARLY MARKED WITH BUOY LINES AT GAZETTED PUBLIC BEACHES.
THERE ARE 27 GAZETTED BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ON OUTLYING ISLANDS WHERE LIFEGUARDS ARE ON DUTY FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM DAILY.
SWIMMING OUTSIDE THE SAFETY AREAS COULD BE DANGEROUS EVEN FOR EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS BECAUSE OF STRONG WAVES AND TIDES, THE SPOKESMAN WARNED.
+BATHERS SHOULD NOT SWIM IMMEDIATELY AFTER A HEAVY MEAL OR WHEN THEY ARE HUNGRY OR TIRED. ALSO, THEY SHOULD NOT DRINK ALCOHOL BEFORE SWIMMING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SHOULD STAY WITH THEIR CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES IF THEIR CHILDREN COULD NOT SWIM, HE STRESSED.
BATHERS WERE ALSO REMINDED THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO MAKE BARBECUE FIRES OR TO ERECT TENTS AT GAZETTED BEACHES.
MEANWHILE, BEACHGOERS WERE AGAIN WARNED THAT THE WATER AT BUTTERFLY BEACH AND CASTLE PEAK BEACH IN TUEN MUN AND ANGLER'S BEACH IN TSUEN WAN IS POLLUTED AND UNSUITABLE FOR SWIMMING,
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