SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1986
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IMPORTANCE OF PLAYING SAFE STRESSED
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE NEED TO STRICTLY OBSERVE BASIC SAFETY RULES WAS STRESSED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI.
SPEAKING TO LEADERS OF VARIOUS SPORTING ACTIVITIES AT THE OPENING OF THE LAND SPORTS SAFETY DAY AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION; HE TOLD THEM NEITHER TO IGNORE THE ELEMENT OF RISK ALL SPORTING ACTIVITIES CARRIED NOR TO THINK THAT ACCIDENTS WOULD NOT HAPPEN.
MR CHUI SAID THAT WAS WHY THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS ORGANISED SAFETY CAMPAIGNS EVERY YEAR TO REMIND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PLAY SAFE AT ALL TIMES.
+DO REMEMBER, 'PLAY SAFE IS THE KEY TO HAPPINESS IN THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL KINDS OF OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING PURSUITS, BE YOU BEGINNERS OR EXPERTS,+ MR CHUT SAID.
HE THEN QUOTED A CHINESE SAYING THAT IF ONE COULD BE CAREFUL FROM BEGINNING TO END, THEN NO MISHAP WOULD OCCUR.
EARLIER IN HIS SPEECH, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON LAND SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN, MR P.E. BIRNEY, SAID HE WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THE CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN A SUCCESSFUL ONE IN THAT FIGURES FOR REPORTED ACCIDENTS IN 1986 SHOWED A WELCOME DECLINE OVER THE PRECEDING YEAR.
STATISTICS SHOWED THAT THERE WERE 377 ACCIDENTS ARISING FROM LAND-ORIENTED OUTDOOR PURSUITS TO DATE COMPARED TO 485 LAST YEAR.
HE THANKED ALL PARTIES WHO HAD WORKED HARD TO ACHIEVE THIS, ESPECIALLY THE MEDIA FOR THE MUCH-NEEDED PUBLICITY.
THE LAND SPORTS SAFETY DAY WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 500 REPRESENTATIVES FROM SCHOOLS, SPORTS GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL AS PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS WITH SPORTS CLUBS,
THE EVENT ALSO ATTRACTED A LARGE NUMBER OF YOUTHS WHO, THROUGH SEMINARS. DEMONSTRATIONS AND VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES, LEARNT HOW TO PARTICIPATE SAFETY IN A NUMBER OF POPULAR LAND SPORTS.
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