SATURDAY, MAY 31. 198
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WATER SPORTS SPECTACULAR TOMORROW
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PEOPLE VISITING THE TSIM SHA TSUI EAST PROMENADE TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH A SPECTACULAR PROCESSION F BOATS AND AN AIR-SEA RESCUE DEMONSTRATION.
THE PROCESSION WILL INVOLVE MARINE POLICE, MARINE DEPARTMENT AND NAVAL LAUNCHES AS WELL AS PLEASURE CRAFT RANGING FROM CRUISERS AND SPEEDBOATS TO CANOES AND WINDSURFING BOARDS. LEADING OFF THE PROCESSION WILL BE THREE DRAGON BOATS FROM THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION.
THE AIR-SEA RESCUE DEMONSTRATION WILL INVOLVE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS AND MARINE POLICE LAUNCHES.
THESE ACTIVITIES ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS OF THE 1986 WATER SPORTS SAFETY DAY, TO BE HELD BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI WATERFRONT.
ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS TO PROMOTE THE +PLAY SAFE+ MESSAGE, THE EVENT WILL PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION THROUGH A VARIETY OF WATER SPORTS ACTIVITIES, SAFETY DEMONSTRATIONS AND STATIC DISPLAYS.
IT WILL BE OPENED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, MR F.K. HU, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS, DR S.F. LAM, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE 1986 WATER SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN, MR J. A. FORTUNE.
CANOEING AND WINDSURFING SIMULATORS WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO +EXPERIENCE THE FUN OF CANOEING AND WINDSURF ING.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A TEMPORARY MINI-THEATRE SET UP FOR THE PUBLIC TO WATCH AND LEARN FROM VIDEO FILMS THE TECHNIQUES OF YACHTING, WATER SKIING, WINDSURFING AND OTHER WATER SPORTS.
QUIZ COMPETITION FORMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE VENUE AND COMPETITORS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A HOTEL BUFFET COUPON OR A SEVEN-DAY RESIDENTIAL TRAINING COURSE OFFERED BY THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL.
A LARGE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN RECREATION AND SPORT WILL ALSO BE TAKING PART IN THE EVENT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE 1986 WATER SPORTS SAFETY DAY AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI EAST PROMENADE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM TOMORROW.
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