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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1980
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IN THE EVENING A RECEPTION WILL BE HELD BY THE JAPANESE CONSUL GENERAL.
A VISIT TO CHIAP HUA SHINKO ALLOY CO. LTD. AND A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL TAKE UP THE MORNING ON THE THIRD DAY, WHILE THE AFTERNOON IS SCHEDULED FOR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS AND ROUND-UP DISCUSSIONS.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 AT 10 AM IN THE TICD CONFERENCE ROOM (ROOM 1503), 15TH FLOOR, OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.
AN INTRODUCTION WILL BE GIVEN BY MR K.K.H. YEUNG, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, FOLLOWED BY A STATEMENT AND COMMENTS ON THE VISIT BY MR TAKESHI SUGA, LEADER OF THE JAPANESE MISSION.
ALSO PRESENT WILL BE MR CHIKAO HISADA (DEPUTY LEADER), MR SEIICHI KURIHARA (ADVISOR) AND TICD REPRESENTATIVES.
COMPLAINT REPORTING PROCEDURE ON
FIRE HAZARD STREAMLINED
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO STREAMLINE ITS COMPLAINT REPORTING PROCEDURE ON VARIOUS MATTERS SUCH AS FIRE HAZARD, FIRE PROTECTION AND OBSTRUCTION.
FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY), ALL SUCH COMPLAINTS BY TELEPHONE WILL BE RECORDED BY PERSONNEL AT THE FIRE SERVICES COMMUNICATION CENTRE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED THAT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER 5-281224 FOR SUCH COMPLAINTS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID BY CHANELLING SUCH CALLS TO THE CENTRE, PEOPLE DIALLING IN WILL GET QUICKER RESPONSE AS THE COMMUNICATION CENTRE OPERATED ROUND THE CLOCK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR.
IN ADDITION THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WILL SAVE THE SERVICE CONSIDERABLE MANPOWER AND AVOID COMPLICATIONS.
DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDING LAST JULY, THE FIRE SERVICES RECEIVED ABOUT 1 700 COMPLAINTS AGAINST FIRE HAZARD AND OBSTRUCTION.
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