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EACH YEAR, A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF LEARNERS FROM THE BEGINNER CLASSES UNDERTAKE THE PROFICIENCY TESTS, LAST YEAR, 65 PER CENT OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE ISSUED WITH DISTANCE CERTIFICATES AFTER THEY PASSED THE EXAMINATION ON SWIMMING SKILL AT THE END OF EACH COURSE.

THIS YEAR'S +LEARN-TO-SWIM+ SCHEME INCLUDES 341 CLASSES DIVIDED INTO SIX SERIES WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL'S 12 SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HARBOUR. OF THE TOTAL, 299 CLASSES ARE FOR BEGINNERS, 34 FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL AND EIGHT FOR ADVANCED LEVEL.

+THE COUNCIL IS REGULARLY MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF THE SCHEME AND MORE COURSES WILL BE HELD IN THOSE DISTRICTS WITH GREATER DEMAND. FOR EXAMPLE, MORE CLASSES ARE ORGANISED AT LAI CHI KOK PARK, LEI CHENG UK, MORSE PARK, AND KWUN TONG SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES, SAID MR CHEUNG.

EACH SERIES WILL LAST FIVE WEEKS WITH THREE ONE-HOUR SESSIONS PER WEEK. THE FIRST SERIES HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, THE SECOND WILL START TOMORROW (MAY 20) AND THE PEST ON JUNE 24, JULY 29, SEPTEMBER 2 AND OCTOBER 14 RESPECTIVELY, ENROLMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED A WEEK BEFORE THE START OF EACH SERIES.

CAS MEMBERS COMPETE IN FOOTDRILL

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SOME 370 VOLUNTEERS FROM 17 CAS TEAMS AROUND THE TERRITORY TOOK PART IN THE SERVICE'S INTER-UNIT FOOTDRILL COMPETITION THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.

THE CONTEST TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD IN TURNOUT AND SENSE OF DISCIPLINE OF MEMBERS WAS HELD AT THE CAS KOWLOON TRAINING CENTRE.

FOOTDRILL WAS IMPORTANT IN TRAINING MEMBERS TO OBEY ORDERS AND FOR DISCIPLINE, IT ALSO PROMOTES TEAM SPIRIT AND FACILITATES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TEAMS, A CAS SPOKESMAN SAID.

AFTER THE COMPETITION, THE CAS N.T. REGIONAL COMMANDER, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE TOP THREE TEAMS WITH THE HIGHEST TOTAL SCORE IN UNIFORM AND DRILL PERFORM AN CE,

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THE WINNING TEAM THE CADET CORPS WAS AWARDED THE CAS N.T. REGION AL COMMANDER'S CUP.

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