Splashing out

About 300 people gather in Repulse Bay yesterday for the second Hong Kong 3,000 metres swim safety campaign, organised by the Swimming Teachers' Association. Organisers stressed the event was not a competition but aimed at increasing public awareness of swimming safety. The youngest swimmer taking part was seven, the oldest was 70, and the event also attracted 10 mentally handicapped people to take the plunge. The course began on the coastline near the Hong Kong Life Saving Society in Repulse Bay, and it took around 2 ? hours for all swimmers to complete the distance.