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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1994

"THE

TRAINING,

CONCLUDED.

APPROPRIATE

HE

ULTIMATE GOAL IS THAT SHELTERED WORKERS WITH

PROGRESS ΤΟ SUPPORTED AND OPEN EMPLOYMENT,

CAN

1963, HAS

THE SPASTICS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, FOUNDED IN BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR DISABLED PERSONS. IT OPERATES FOUR SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND FIVE HOSTELS, SERVING NEARLY 670 HANDICAPPED PERSONS.

THE NEW BRADBURY TAK TIN WORKSHOP AND BRADBURY WONG ΤΑΙ SIN HOSTEL WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 120 WORKSHOP PLACES AND 50 RESIDENTIAL PLACES.

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SWIMMING SAFETY ADVICE

WITH THE APPROACH OF THE SWIMMING SEASON. A GOVERNMENT OUGHT TODAY (FRIDAY) REMINDED SWIMMERS THAT A FEW POINTERS SPOKESMAN TO BE HEEDED IN ORDER TO ENSURE SAFETY WHEN SWIMMING OFF BEACHES.

"ALWAYS GO TO A GAZETTED BEACH WHERE LIFEGUARDS ARE ON THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.

DUTY,

M

SWIMMERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER ONCE THE SHARK WARNING FLAG

IS HOISTED.

WHEN EVEN

SWIMMERS NO SHARK WARNING FLAG IS HOISTED, STILL OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS:

SHOULD

*

DO NOT SWIM ALONE;

*

DO NOT SWIM IF YOU ARE BLEEDING OR HAVE ANY OPEN WOUNDS;

*

IF SCHOOLS OF FISH START TO BEHAVE ERRATICALLY OR CONGREGATE IN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBERS, LEAVE THE WATER AND MAKE A REPORT TO THE LIFEGUARDS ON DUTY OR TO THE POLICE;

START TO

*

IF

A LARGE FISH IS SEEN, LEAVE THE CALMLY AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE A REPORT TO DUTY OR TO THE POLICE; AND

ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES DESIGNATED.

THE SPOKESMAN

ADDED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT SWIM AT DAWN,

AT

WATER

AND AS QUICKLY THE LIFEGUARDS ON

DUSK OR AT NIGHT,

HAD IGNORED POINT ABOUT NOT

HE SAID DESPITE PREVIOUS PUBLICITY, MANY SWIMMERS THIS ADVICE ON SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, PARTICULARLY THE SWIMMING AT DAWN, DUSK OR NIGHT.

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"THIS IS REALLY REGRETTABLE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, "AS THUS EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO DANGER UNNECESSARILY."

SWIMMERS

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