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NOTE TO EDITORS:

ON

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1983

AIRLIFT FOR HOLIDAY CAMPERS ****

ROYAL AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS WILL BE AIRLIFTING 48 CAMPERS TO A CAMPING HOLIDAY AT THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT'S CHONG HING WATER SPORTS CENTRE IN SAI KUNG TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

SEEING THE CAMPERS OFF WILL BE THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR GENERAL DEREK BOORMAN, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION" AND CULTURE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON —— BOTH OF WHOM WILL ALSO CUT A RIBBON TO MARK THE START OF THE FLY CAMP CRUISES+ ACTIVITY.

THE SERIES OF FLY CAMP CRUISES+, WHICH LASTS UNTIL FEBRUARY 22 NEXT YEAR, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE BRITISH FORCES.

AT THE WATER SPORTS CENTRE, NEAR THE SCENIC HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR THE CAMPERS WILL ENJOY TWO NIGHTS AND THREE DAYS OF ACTIVITIES RANGING FROM CANOEING, SAILING TO LAND EXPEDITION.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO FLY TO THE CAMP AFTER THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY SHOULD SUPPLY THEIR NAMES TO MISS VALENTINA CHAN BY TELEPHONING 5-734952 BEFORE 5 PM TODAY (TUESDAY).

AS SPACE ON THE TWO FLIGHTS IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 20 PERSONS, MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

THOSE COVERING THE EVENT SHOULD ARRIVE BY 11.30 AM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT THE HMS TAMAR ENTRANCE, WHERE THEY WILL BE MET BY GIS OFFICERS.

AIR BUBBLE PROTECTS WINTER SWIMMERS

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THE COVERED FAN LING PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL WILL BE RE-OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 11) FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF AN AIR BUBBLE OVER THE MAIN POOL OF THE COMPLEX.

HEATED WATER WILL BE SUPPLIED TO THE MAIN POOL TO ENABLE SWIMMERS TO ENJOY WINTER BATHING, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

THE AIR SUPPORT STRUCTURE ERECTED OVER THE MAIN POOL WILL PROVIDE A SHELTER TO WINTER BATHERS. IT IS AN IDEAL SWIMMING FACILITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT

IN THE COLD SEASON.

LAST WINTER SEASON, THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX ATTRACTED ABOUT 7 000 BATHERS EVERY MONTH, WHICH REPRESENTED A 17-FOLD INCREASE COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR WHEN THE POOL WAS NOT COVERED.

THE SWIMMING POOL WILL BE OPENED FOUR SESSIONS DAILY FROM 9 AM TO 11.30 AM; 12.30 PM TO 3 PM; 3.30 PM TO 6 PM AND 7 PM TO 9 PM.

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