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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1987

"THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SUCH MEMBERS OF CREDIT UNIONS.

AWARDS HAVE BERN

MADE TO

"I DO HOPE THAT YOU WILL LOOK UPON THE AWARDS AS A ENCOURAGEMENT AND CONTINUE TO SERVE UNSELFISHLY IN THE YEARS AND THAT THESE AWARDS SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED UPON AS AN THEMSELVES,' HE ADDED.

SIGN OF

TO COME END IN

THE RECIPIENTS OF CERTIFICATES OF AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE WERE MR A.M. CARSTAIRS, FR JOHN COLLINS, S J, MR KWOK TAK-PUI, MR LAM KWOK-YIN, MR LOW SHIU-KWONG, MR ANDREW 80, MR TANG KAI-TAN AND MR WONG KAM-WING.

MR LAU WING-WAN, MR

MADAM CHENG HING-YEE, MR LAI SHU-CHEUNG, LEE KAR-CHUNG, MR SHIU KWOK-WAT AND MR TONG PING-HUEN WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES FOR LONG SERVICE.

LAND SPORTS HIDDEN DANGERS STRESSED AT SAFETY DAY

THE INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TAKING PART IN SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES MEAN THAT OBSERVANCE OF THE BASTO SAFETY RULES IS BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING TO LEADERS IN VARYING SPORTING ACTIVITIES AT THE OPENDING OF THE LAND SPORTS SAFETY DAY AT THE DODWELL'S RIDGE POLICE CADET SCHOOL IN SHEUNG SHUI, MR CHEUNG REMINDED THEM NOT TO LONOKE THE HIDDEN DANGERS IN SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND NEVER TO THINK ACCIDENTS WOULD NOT REALLY HAPPEN TO THEM.

THAT

HE COMMENDED THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS FOR ORGANISING A LAND SPORTS SAFETY DAY EACH YEAR AND THE REGULAR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS THAT REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ALL THE TIME.

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"ACCIDENTS CAN KILL, MR CHEUNG SAID. I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE, BEGINNERS AND EXPERTS, TO OBSERVE THE 'PLAY SAFE'

PLAY SAFE

TO REMIND MOTTO".

EARLIER, IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE LAND SPORTS SAFETY CAMPIGN, MR P.E. BIRNEY, SAID ALTHOUGH HE WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THE CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AS THE FIGURES FOR REPORTED ACCIDENTS IN 1987 SHOWED A WELCOME DECLINE OVER THE PRECEDING YEAR, A NUMBER OF RECENT INCIDENTS UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE TRAINING AND SUPERVISION AS WELL AS SENSIBLE, SAFE PARTICIPATION.

/"I HOPE