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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1985

SCHOOLS ADVISED TO GET ADEQUATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ADVISED SCHOOLS OTHER THAN GOVERNMENT ONES TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER OBTAINING ADEQUATE INSURANCE TO COVER AGAINST ACCIDENTS TO THEIR PUPILS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AND OTHER LIABILITIES.

+TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS IN LESS ONS SUCH AS PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SCIENCE, PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS AND IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SCOUTS, GUIDES AND COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB ACTIVITIES, ORGANISED VISITS AND OUTINGS, MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF SCHOOLS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE OUT INSURANCE COVERING ACCIDENTAL INJURY THAT MAY BE SUSTAINED DURING SUCH LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES BY PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES ARE ALSO URGED, IN THE IR OWN INTERSET, TO HAVE SCHOOL PREMISES TOGETHER WITH FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT INSURED AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE, PARTICULARLY THE PREMISES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF WORKSHOPS AND LABORATORIES.

+MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT AS EMPLOYERS THEY HAVE A STATUTORY DUTY TO TAKE OUT POLICIES ON BEHALF OF THEIR STAFF, WHO ARE COVERED BY THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE WHICH IS APPLICABLE NOT ONLY TO MANUAL WORKERS BUT ALSO TO OTHER EMPLOYEES INCLUDING TEACHERS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE LEVEL OF THE IR EARNINGS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

DISTANT RUN SERIES FOR ISLANDS STARTS SUNDAY

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THE ISLANDS DISTRICT WILL LAUNCH THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF DISTANT RUNS ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 20) IN MUI WO, LANTAU, TO BE FOLLOWED BY RACES IN LAMMA, PENG CHAU AND CHEUNG CHAU IN THE COMING MONTHS.

THE FOUR-ISLAND EVENT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD, THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE ISLANDS SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE ISLANDS POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR KWONG KWOK-KAM, SAID THE SERIES OF RACES, HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SUCH A LARGE SCALE, WAS AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE SPORTS AS WELL AS PROMOTING THE NATURAL ATTRACTIONS OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.

MR KWONG SAID THE EVENT HAD BEEN PLANNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT SPORTS LOVERS, VETERANS AND NOVICES ALIKE, WOULD ENJOY A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A CHALLENGING RACE IN AN EXOTIC ATMOSPHERE.

+WE ALSO HOPE THAT THE EVENT WILL BOOST PUBLICITY ON THE NATURAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.

/+IF SUCCESSFUL,