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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1988

WHILE COMPLIMENTING THE ORGANISERS AND PARTICIPANTS OF TODAY'S EVENT ON THE WAY IN WHICH THEY HAD DEMONSTRATED THAT INJURY COULD BE AVOIDED BY OBSERVING BASIC RULES OF SAFETY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S GUIDELINES, MR LI URGED ALL SCHOOLS ΤΟ FOLLOW THEIR GOOD EXAMPLE.

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"PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF EDUCATION AND I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT ITS IMPORTANCE IS INCREASINGLY BEING RECOGNISED, MR LI SAID.

"WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ENCOURAGEMENT, SCHOOLS ARE PAYING MORE AND MORE ATTENTION ΤΟ THE ORGANISATION OF SPORTS, GYMNASTICS AND OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN BOTH THE FORMAL AND INFORMAL CURRICULUM, AND MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE TAKING PART IN SUCH ACTIVITIES.

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ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOL", MR LI SAID PHYSICAL EDUCATION WOULD BE OFFERED AS A SUBJECT IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.

IN ADDITION, MR LI SAID, A SPECIALIST SCHOOL FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ART WOULD BE SET UP IN SHA TIN TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN APTITUDE IN SPORTS WITH ENHANCED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR TALENT.

MORE THAN 22,000 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD REGISTERED FOR COMPETITION IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE 15 SPORTS EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE INTER-SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS (DIVISION ONE).

THESE, SOME 12,500 STUDENTS FROM 156 MEMBER SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED

IN ATHLETICS

ALONE.

PUBLIC URGED TO REPORT DANGEROUS AD SIGNS

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DANGEROUS OR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS

ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS ARE

PUBLIC HAZARDS, AND THEY SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE DANGEROUS SIGNS UNIT OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ON 5-8482487.

COPIES OF A POSTER, ILLUSTRATING "DANGEROUS" AND "POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS" SIGNS, HAVE BREN PUT UP ON GOVERNMENT POSTER SITES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO THE HAZARD.

THE POSTER, IN CARTOON FORM, DEPICTS ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS IN VARIOUS STATES OF DILAPIDATION, AND POSING A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC.

/A SPOKESMAN