TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1983
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CANOE-POLO: NEW SPORT FOR YOUTHS
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YOUNGSTERS WISHING TO MAKE THE BEST OF THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A NEW SPORT CANOE-POLO.
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A FREE CANOE-POLO TRAINING COURSE, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG CANOE UNION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL BE OFFERED TO KWAI CHUNG RESIDENTS WHO ARE 16 YEARS OF AGE AND ABOVE.
IT WILL BE HELD ON EIGHT SATURDAYS, BEGINNING ON AUGUST 13, AT THE KWAI SHING PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL BETWEEN 6.45 PM AND 7.45 PM, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
ENTRIES ARE NOW BEING INVITED. HOLDERS OF THE TWO-STAR AWARD OR ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG CANOE UNION MAY APPLY FOR ENROLMENT TO THE TRAINING COURSE.
APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE COLLECTED AT THE OFFICES OF THE KWAI SHING PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL AND THE OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL GAMES HALL AT KWAI FONG STREET, KWAI CHUNG.
ENROLMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
WINNERS OF WATER SPORTS SAFETY QUIZ ANNOUNCED
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THE RESULTS OF A WATER SPORTS SAFETY QUIZ COMPETITION WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT IN SUPPORT OF THE TWO-DAY WATER SPORTS SAFETY EXHIBITION HELD AT QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL LAST WEEKEND.
+THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION IS TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SAFETY IN WATER SPORTS AND TO TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN THE SAFETY RULES,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL SAID.
QUIZ FORMS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN ADVANCE THROUGH ALL RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OFFICES AND AT THE EXHIBITION.
PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKED TO ANSWER SIX SIMPLE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS RELATED TO WATER SPORTS SAFETY. COMPLETED FORMS WERE PUT INTO A BOX AT THE EXHIBITION SITE.
THE COMPETITION ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF ENTRIES, OUT OF WHICH FIVE WINNERS WERE SELECTED, WITH EACH RECEIVING A SET OF SPORTSWEAR, VALUED FROM $100 TO $500, AS A PRIZE.
THE FIRST FIVE PRIZES WENT TO CHENG KAN TONG, AU WING ON, H.C. TSANG, KWAN HUNG HING AND CHEUNG KWOK MUN.
IN ADDITION 100 CONSOLATION PRIZES WERE GIVEN OUT. THE RECIPIENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED INDIVIDUALLY BY POST BEFORE AUGUST 19,
1983.
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