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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1988

AT THE

ELDERLY

WILL

BE PUBLICISED

"A NEW POSTER TARGETTED ALOHGSIDE EXISTING ONES ON CHILDREN.

SAFETY HOME

"A SPECIAL VIDEO GIVING ADVICE ON COMPLETED AND SHOWN TO OLD FOLKS IN COMMUNITY CENTRES,

ALSO

BE

WILL * HE ADDED.

MR YUEN REVEALED THAT HOME SAFETY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR CAMPAIGNS IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR.

ONE OF

ANTI-DRUG MARATHON PUTS HONG KONG IN THE LEAD

MR RACE DIRECTOR OF THE 1988 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL MARATHON,

BY LINKING JAMIE SCOTT TODAY (SATURDAY) SAID HONG KONG LEADS THE WAY A WORLD-RANKED MARATHON WITH THE WAR AGAINST NARCOTICS.

KONG TO "PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL BE IN HONG

DRUG ABUSE BY COMPETING AS 'ANTI-DRUG* PROMOTE THE FIGHT AGAINST RUNNERS," HE SAID.

MORE WHEELCHAIR ATHLETES WOULD MR SCOTT ALSO DISCLOSED THAT

IN MARATHON

THE EVENT TO BE HELD WHEELCHAIR COMPETE IN THE JANUARY 24 (SUNDAY) AT THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR.

ON

"THE

OVERWHELMING

RESPONSES

ATHLETES MAKE THE

WHEELCHAIR

FROM

LOCAL BOTH

AND OVERSEAS CATEGORY ONE OF THE LARGEST

MR SCOTT SAID. REPRESENTATIVE WHEELCHAIR MARATHON IN ASIA,

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ALMOST 1,000

RUNNERS AS WELL AS WHEELCHAIR AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, SINGAPORE, U.S., CHINA, NEW AND HONG KONG WILL VIE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

FROM ATHLETES ZEALAND, MACAU

AMONG THE WHEELCHAIR PARTICIPANTS, ONE OF THE TOP SEEDS IN MEN'S WHEELCHAIR CATEGORY IS MR RON LAWRENCE FROM AUSTRALIA.

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THE

BEST RECORD OF THAN THE HONG KONG

COMPETING SINCE 1981, LAWRENCE HAS A PERSONAL

FASTER MINUTES 2.38 HOURS WHICH IS ALMOST RECORD.

IN ADDITION, JAPAN'S ITSUKO MARDA WHO HAS BEEN COMPETING 1982 WILL ALSO TAKE PART.

SINCE

+

HER BEST PERSONAL RECORD OF 2.42 HOURS THE HONG KONG RECORD.

IS 20 MINUTES INSIDE

"THE INCREASE .......