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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1985

EACH BOOM COMPRISES A CLOSELY-PACKED STRING OF BUOYS BOUNDED BY MESH NETTING WEIGHTED DOWN TO ABOUT 1.5 METRES BELOW THE SURFACE.

THE COST TO INSTALL THE TWO NEW BOOMS AT STANLEY MAIN BEACH AND DEEP WATER BAY AND TO EXTEND THE EXISTING ONE AT REPULSE BAY IS $700 000..

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID DEEP WATER BAY AND STANLEY MAIN BEACH HAD BEEN SELECTED BECAUSE, LIKE REPULSE BAY, THEY WERE VERY POPULAR BEACHES AND HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF FLOATING REFUSE.

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+OTHER BEACHES ARE NOT RECOMMENDED EITHER BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR SUCH INSTALLATION (FOR INSTANCE, SHEK O AND BIG WAVE BAY ARE VULNERABLE TO THE NORTH-EASTERLY WIND, WHICH IS MOST LIKELY TO CAUSE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO A BOOM) OR BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT MANPOWER TO COPE WITH THE IR INSTALLATION AND RETRIEVAL, HE ADDED.

AWARDS FOR WATER SAFETY CONTEST WINNERS ****

FORTY-FOUR WINNERS OF A WATER SPORTS SAFETY QUIZ CONTEST RECEIVED THEIR PRIZES TODAY (THURSDAY) FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE 1985 WATER SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN, MR J.A. FORTUNE.

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THE PRIZES, WHICH INCLUDE HOTEL BUFFET COUPONS, TICKETS FOR A DAY-LONG SIGHT-SEEING CRUISE, AND FREE LESSONS IN A NUMBER OF LAND SPORT TRAINING COURSES, WERE SPONSORED BY FIVE LEADING HOTELS THE ADVENTURE SHIP LTD. AND THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST OF HONG KONG.

THE WINNERS, WHOSE AGES RANGE FROM 11 TO 38, WERE CHOSEN FROM A TOTAL OF 1 500 ENTRIES.

ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, THE QUIZ WAS HELD DURING THE WATER SPORTS SAFETY DAY EARLIER THIS MONTH TO TEST PEOPLE'S SAFETY KNOWLEDGE OF AQUATIC ACTIVITIES.

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