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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1985

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EXCITING END TO YOUTH FESTIVAL

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MORE THAN 1 000 SPECTATORS WERE TREATED TO A MORNING OF FUN AND EXCITEMENT IN THE INTER-SCHOOL TELEGAMES MATCH HELD IN MORSE PARK TODAY (SUNDAY).

ABOUT 300 STUDENTS FROM 14 SCHOOLS IN WONG TAI SIN, TOGETHER WITH THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS, TOOK PART IN THE GAMES WHICH WERE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO INCORPORATE THE THEMES OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR AND CIVIC EDUCATION.

ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT IYY CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE AND THE URBAN COUNCIL, AND SPONSORED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD, THE TELEGAMES MATCH WAS THE CONCLUDING ACTIVITY OF THE DISTRICT'S HYY YOUTH FESTIVAL WHICH STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO IN RESPONSE TO THE TERRITORY WIDE +CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTH+.

PRESENT AT TODAY'S RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WERE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, MR STEPHEN CHEONG AND MRS PAULINE NG, THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER OF WONG TAI SIN, MR PAUL WONG AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MR LEE SZE-BAY AND MR FUNG KWONG-CHUNG.

VOLUNTEER LIFE GUARDS PRAISED

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THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR TONY HAMMOND, TODAY (SUNDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB FOR PROVIDING VOLUNTEER SERVICES AT PUBLIC BEACHES,

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT MARCH-PAST AND BEACH CARNIVAL AT LIDO BEACH JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CLUB AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR HAMMOND SAID THAT SWIMMING WAS THE MOST POPULAR FORM OF RECREATION IN HONG KONG.

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+WITH THE GROWING AWARENESS OF LEISURE IN THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE FLOCK TO BATHING BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS IN EVER-INCREASING NUMBERS, PARTICULARLY AT WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS IN THE SUMMER.

+HOWEVER, MANY BEACHGOERS OFTEN DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SWIM PROPERL AND GET THEMSELVES INTO TROUBLE IN THE WATER AND HAVE TO BE RESCUED. THE SERVICES THAT THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB PROVIDES IN THE FOR.1 OF ADDITIONAL LIFE-SAVERS AT THE BATHING BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS ARE INVALUABLE,+ HE SAID.

LAST YEAR, THE CLUB PROVIDED 2 400 LIFE-SAVING TEAMS TOTALLING

THESE 12 736 LIFE-SAVERS FROM 111 AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS. VOLUNTARY SERVICES HELPED SAVE OVER 777 SWIMMERS IN DIFFICULTIES. THIS BROUGHT TO 17 989 THE NUMBER OF SWIMMERS RESCUED SINCE 1956 WHEN THE CLUB WAS FORMED.

/+THIS IS