XN000022-1992-03-28 — Page 5

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1992

"YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF HOW YOU USE AND OPERATE YOUR VESSEL IN RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER USERS OF OUR WATERS WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS ENHANCING YOUR OWN SAFETY AND THAT OF OTHERS, HE SAID.

MR PYRKE GAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF EVEN DANGEROUS BEHAVIOUR.

THOUGHTLESS, UNCOURTEOUS,

AND

A LARGE

ANCHOR,

THESE INCLUDE HIGH-POWERED VESSELS AT SPEED CREATING WASH PASSING CLOSE TO SMALLER SLOWER CRAFT UNDERWAY OR AT VESSELS TOWING A TENDER OR SPEEDBOAT ON AN EXCEPTIONALLY LONG PAINTER WHICH IS OFTEN INVISIBLE TO OTHER VESSEL AND WATER-SKIING IN AND AROUND GROUPS OF ANCHORED VESSELS WHERE PEOPLE MAY BE SWIMMING.

"MARINE SEARCH AND RESCUE BECOMES NECESSARY WHEN SAFETY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL BOATING COMMUNITY SEEM TO THINK THAT MARINE SAFETY IS THE SOLE FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITIES. THIS IS NOT SO.

"AUTHORITIES LAY DOWN REGULATIONS ON MARINE SAFETY IN LINE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THESE RULES ARE GENERALLY RESTRICTIVE AND THUS INHIBIT THE FREEDOM SOUGHT BY YACHTSMEN," MR PYRKE SAID.

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT STAGED AN EXHIBITION IN THE HONG KONG BOAT SHOW TO INTRODUCE THE MARITIME RESCUE CO-ORDINATION CENTRE AND THE NEW GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM.

YOUNG MUSIC LOVERS INVITED TO JOIN MUSIC CAMP THIS SUMMER * * * * * *

YOUNG MUSIC LOVERS ARE INVITED то JOIN A HOLIDAY PROGRAMME WILL PROVIDE INTENSIVE MUSIC TRAINING IN A SUMMER-CAMP

WHICH ATMOSPHERE.

THE 1992 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP, ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE AND SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, WILL BE HELD AT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S TSO KUNG TAM OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, TSUEN WAN, FROM JULY 17 TO AUGUST 1.

PROMISING YOUNG MUSICIANS WILL BE RECRUITED BOTH LOCALLY AND FROM OVERSEAS TO TAKE PART IN THE CAMP TO HELP FOSTER INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH MUSIC.

RENOWNED MUSICIANS WILL BE INVITED TO CONDUCT MASTER CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING KARAOKE, VIDEO SHOWS, SWIMMING, BADMINTON AND BILLIARD WILL ALSO BE ORGANISED.

INTENSIVE REHEARSALS AND A NUMBER OF CONCERTS WILI. BE ARRANGED FOR THE CAMPERS.

/YOUNG PEOPLE