FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1978
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SEAMEN SERVICE RECORD BOOK MAY BE WITHHELD
UNDER AMENDED REGULATIONS ******
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SEAMEN'S RECRUITING OFFICE IS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO RETAIN THE SERVICE RECORD BOOK OF ANY SEAMAN INVOLVED IN A DISCIPLINARY INQUIRY.
AN AMENDMENT TO THIS EFFECT HAS BEEN MADE TO THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (RECRUITING OF SEAMEN) (SERVICE RECORD BOOKS) REGULATIONS AND IS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE AMENDMENT ENABLES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO STOP ANY SEAMAN, WHILE A DISCIPLINARY INQUIRY ABOUT HIM IS PENDING, FROM GOING A SEA BY SERVING A NOTICE ON THE SEAMAN REQUIRING HIM TO SURRENDER HIS SERVICE RECORD BOOK.
A SERVICE RECORD BOOK SO SURRENDERED CAN BE RETAINED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS AND, THEREAFTER, FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS, SUBJECT TO A RIGHT OF APPEAL BY THE HOLDER TO THE GOVERNOR.
ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED IN TAI PO
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A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT 11 A.M. TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE HEUNG YEE KUK HEADQUARTERS TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCHING OF AN
INTENSIVE ANTI-NARCOTICS PUBLICITY AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BE HELD IN TAI PO, THE NEW TERRITORIES,
ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE WILL BE MR. LIU YUN-SUM, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO SIX DISTRICTS ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN OF THREE AREA COMMITTEES OF THE CAMPAIGN AND MR. CANICE MAK, ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS.
THE TAI PO CAMPAIGN IS THE FIRST OF THREE DISTRICT-LEVEL ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGNS WHICH WILL PEAK THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI- NARCOTICS PUBLICITY AND PREVENTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR 1978/79.
THE OTHER TWO CAMPAIGNS WILL BE HELD CONSECUTIVELY IN THE SOUTH DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND WONG TAI SIN, KOWLOON.
THE THREE DISTRICTS HAVE A COMBINED POPULATION OF ABOUT ONE MILLION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT 11 A.M. TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE HEUNG YEE KUK HEADQUARTERS, 47 CUMBERLAND ROAD, KOWLOON TONG.
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