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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1981
DURING THE FOUR-WEEK RECRUITMENT EXERCISE TWO RECRUITING CENTRES WILL BE SET UP, ONE ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE OTHER IN KOWLOON.
THE HONG KONG ISLAND CENTRE WILL BE AT THE HARBOUR ROAD FIRE STATION AND THE KOWLOON CENTRE AT TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE STATION, CANTON ROAD.
THE CENTRES WILL OPERATE BETWEEN 9 AM AND 6 PM ON WEEKDAYS, AND FROM 9 AM TO NOON ON SATURDAYS.
NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICERS VIEW TSUEN WAN DEVELOPMENTS
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A PARTY OF 20 NEWLY-APPOINTED ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TOURED TSUEN WAN THIS AFTERNOON (FRIDAY) TO SEE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS.
THEY BEGAN AT TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, AND OTHER OFFICERS ON TOWN PLANNING AND THE URBAN RENEWAL SCHEME. THEY ALSO WATCHED A FILM ON NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT.
THEY THEN WENT TO THE ROOF OF THE FOU WAH CENTRE FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE AREA AND OF THE VARIOUS PROJECTS NOW TAKING PLACE, INCLUDING THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION WHICH WILL BE READY BY MID-1982.
THE PARTY THEN VISITED SAM TUNG UK, THE VILLAGE SITE RECENTLY DECLARED A MONUMENT, AND HOI PA VILLAGE AND SQUATTER AREA, WHERE THEY SAW SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN RESITING THESE OLD COMMUNITIES AND REHOUSING AND COMPENSATING THE RESIDENTS.
LATER, THEY VISITED TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL WHERE THE THIRD TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE. THE TOWN HALL IS ALSO A CENTRE FOR ALL LOCAL COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
THE TOUR WAS PART OF A FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME FOR NEWLY-APPOINTED LOCAL AND OVERSEAS OFFICERS. IT WAS ORGANISED EY THE TRAINING DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.
TUEN MUN TO HOLD COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WEEK
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A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WEEK WILL BE OPENED IN TUEN MUN ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 22) BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM.
ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS, A SERIES OF EVENTS WILL BE HELD DURING THE WEEK WITH THE AIM OF KEEPING TUEN MUN RESIDENTS INFORMED OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TOWN.
ONE OF THE MAJOR EVENTS IS A FUN FAIR WHICH WILL OPEN AT TUEN MUN PLAYGROUND IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THE OPENING CEREMONY.
BESIDES GAMES STALLS SET UP BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT VEHICLES WILL BE ON DISPLAY TO PUBLICISE THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN.
THERE WILL