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17 LIFE-SAVERS COMMENDED

THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1994

THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, HAS HIGHLY COMMENDED 17 BRAVE RESIDENTS FOR SAVING LIVES AT SEA OR IN SWIMMING POOLS LAST YEAR.

DR LEE MADE THE REMARKS AT THE ANNUAL PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB AT REPULSE BAY THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.

STARS, SIX

AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION AND THANKS, DR LEE PRESENTED RESCUE CERTIFICATES AND LUCKY TIN HAU COINS TO THE THREE FISHERMEN * REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS AND EIGHT OCEAN PARK

EMPLOYEES.

TWO OF THE FISHERMEN, MR LAI PAK-SING AND MR CHUNG AH-PAK, WERE JOINTLY AWARDED A TIN HAU TROPHY.

SET

SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, DR LEE SAID THE CIVIC-MINDED CITIZENS,

AND WHO HAD SAVED 15 LIVES LAST YEAR, DESERVED PRAISE GOOD EXAMPLES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

HE THANKED THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB FOR ITS COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE PAST 38 YEARS.

DROWNING

"LAST YEAR ALONE, THE CLUB HELPED BRING TO SAFETY 778 CITIZENS THROUGH ITS 4,728 MAN-TIMES OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES AT BEACHES, SWIMMING POOLS AND OTHER COMMUNITY WATER SPORTS ACTIVITIES," HE SAID.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE

THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB, MR LAU HON-WAH AND MR CHAN CHI- YAT.

HKIED SEEKS LOGO

THE

THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (HKIED) IS INVITING ENTRIES TO A COMPETITION ON THE DESIGN OF A LOGO TO BE ADOPTED BY INSTITUTE.

THE HKIED IS BEING ESTABLISHED BY SUBSUMING THE EXISTING COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION THE RECENT APPOINTMENT OF ITS GOVERNING COUNCIL.

FOUR WITH

THE INSTITUTE WILL BEGIN OFFERING COURSES IN SEPTEMBER.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INSTITUTE SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THE LOGO SHOULD DEPICT THE HKIED AS A TERTIARY INSTITUTE FOR THE TEACHING HONG PROFESSION AND AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHER EDUCATION IN KONG.

"THE LOGO SHOULD BE DISTINCTIVE, ARTISTIC AND EASY TO REMEMBER

OF PREFERABLY SHOWING THE CONCEPT RECOGNISE, AND

AMALGAMATING THE EXISTING FIVE COLLEGES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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