TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1979
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178,951 SPENT LUNAR NEW YEAR IN MACAU AND ABROAD
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A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAVELLED TO MACAU AND ABROAD TO SPEND THE IR LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
DURING THE EIGHT-DAY PERIOD FROM JANUARY 27 (LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE) TO FEBRUARY 3, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT RECORDED 178,951 DEPARTURES COMPARED WITH 147,885 IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
OF THE 178,951 DEPARTURES, 100,701 WERE MACAU-BOUND AND 78,250 TO OVERSEAS COUNTRIES,
ON JANUARY 29 ALONE (THE SECOND DAY OF THE YEAR OF THE GOAT), 14,481 LOCAL RESIDENTS LEFT FOR MACAU BY FERRY, HYDROFOIL AND JETFOIL.
KAI TAK AIRPORT ALSO REPORTED 16,989 DEPARTURES ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE.
FIRE PREVENTION COURSE FOR HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS
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FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION COURSES FOR GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT. TWO SEPARATE ONE-DAY COURSES FOR HOSPITAL SECRETARY GRADE OFFICERS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY AND AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 22 AT THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU HEADQUARTERS IN ASIAN HOUSE, HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.
A FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THE PURPOSE WAS TO BRIEF HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS ON THEIR ROLE IN FIRE PREVENTION AND IN CASE OF A FIRE BREAKING OUT.
+ IF THE COURSE IS SUCCESSFUL IT WILL BE EXTENDED TO STAFF OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
MR. B.G. FENDER, CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (PREVENTION), WILL OPEN THE SEMINAR, FOLLOWED BY LECTURES AND TALKS BY MR. C.6. PULLINGER, DIVISIONAL COMMANDER OF FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS- MR. JOSEPH LAW, HOSPITAL FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER AND MR. AUYEUNG SHIU-SHING, FIRE SERVICES PUBLICITY OFFICER.
MR. PULLINGER WILL BRIEF THE ADMINISTRATORS ON THE TYPES. REQUIREMENTS AND MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT,
MR. LAW WILL SPEAK ON FIRE HAZARDS, RISK AREAS, BUILDING FIRE PROTECTION AND USE AND STORAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS.
MR. AUYEUNG WILL DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT OF DUTY FIRE SAFETY OFFICERS, THE PREPARATION OF FIRE ORDERS AND INSTRUCTIONS, AND THE ORGANISATION OF FIRE SQUADS, FIRE DRILLS AND LECTURES.