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WEDNESDAY, JULY.

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35 RESCUE STAR RECIPIENTS PRAISED

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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDEL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PRESENTED THE RESCUE STAR TO 12 GOVER LIFE GUARDS AND 23 PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS FOR SAVING LIVES SEA, IN SWIMMING POOLS AND AT PUBLIC BEACHES LAST YEAR.

SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE HONG KONG ISL GUARD CLUB IN REPULSE BAY, DR RIDDELL-SWAN PRAISED THEM FOR THE F +BRAVERY AND COURAGE IN RÍSKING THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR FELLOW MEIL

+1 WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SELFLESSNESS AND CIVIC- MINDEDNESS WHICH WILL SET AN EXAMPLE FOR US ALL, HE SAID.

SINCE 1962, DR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID, THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO PROMOTE LIFE-SAVING, ESPECIALLY AMONG FISHERMEN.

+ IT IS GRATIFYING TO NOTE THAT LOCAL FISHERMEN FIGURE PROMINENTLY AMONG THE 692 RESCUE STARS AWARDED BY THE CLUB,+ HE SAID.

DURING THE PAST YEAR 777 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM DROWNING, BRINGING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SAVED BY MEMBERS OF THE CLUB SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1956 TO NEARLY 18 000.

+THIS IS A MOST IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT AND DEMONSTRATES EYOND ALL DOUBT THE VALUE OF THE SERVICES THE CLUB PROVIDES TO THE PUBLIC, DR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID.

THE RECIPIENTS INCLUDED 12 LIFE GUARDS OF THE URBAN SERVICES AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS, FIVE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE OCEAN PARK, AND 12 MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB. TOGETHER THEY SAVED 76 PEOPLE.

STUDENTS TOLD TO BE AMBASSADORS ABROAD

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A GROUP OF STUDENTS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON STUDIES IN ENGLAND WERE TOLD TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THEY WOULD BE ASSUMING THE ROLE OF STUDENT AMBASSADORS AS SOON AS THE IR PLANES TOOK OFF FROM KAI TAK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

ADDRESSING THE STUDENTS AT THE SEMINAR ON PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR THE ENGLAND-BOUND STUDENTS, THE ACTING SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT), MR BRIAN FRENCH, SAID THAT THEIR STAY IN BRITI DESERVED PREPARATION SINCE THEY WOULD NOT WISH OR EXPECT TO.

MERSED IN STUDY ALL THE TIME.

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