MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1981
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RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR PRISON OFFICERS ******
THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WILL STAGE A DISPLAY AND VARIETY SHOW IN KWAI CHUNG TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AS PART OF ITS RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR ASSISTANT OFFICERS II.
IT WILL BE HELD AT THE OPEN GROUND NEXT TO THE KWAI WING ROAD PEDESTRIAN FLYOVER BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6.30 PM.
PROGRAMMES WILL INCLUDE A PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CORRECTIONAL WORK AND PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUPS AND TELEVISION ARTISTES.
PRISON OFFICERS WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES FROM VISITORS AT A MOBILE RECRUITMENT CENTRE WHERE APPLICATIONS TO JOIN WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTED.
APPLICANTS SHOULD BE PHYSICALLY FIT, PREFERABLY UNDER 35 YEARS OF AGE AND WITH SECONDARY EDUCATION.
THE STARTING SALARY FOR ASSISTANT OFFICERS || VARIES FROM
1 870 TO $2 065, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS.
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL UNDERGO A ONE-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAMME, INCLUDING FIELD TRAINING AT THE DEPARTMENT'S CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
GDT MEMBERS WORK FOR COMMUNITY HYGIENE
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GENERAL DUTIES TEAM MEMBERS OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT CARRY OUT THE IR JOBS TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SOUTH REGION) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR JAMES WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THESE OBJECTIVES, HE SAID, ARE TO ENSURE THAT ALL FOODSTUFFS ARE SOLD IN SAFE AND HYGIENIC CONDITIONS, AND ALL STREETS AND PUBLIC AREAS ARE KEPT CLEAN AND FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS.
MR WILSON WAS SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE FOR 430 GENERAL DUTIES TEAM MEMBERS WHO COMPLETED A FIVE-WEEK BASIC TRAINING COURSE.
IN THE LONG-TERM, HE SAID, THEIR CONTRIBUTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN MAKING HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.
+MORE TANGIBLE AND IMMEDIATE ARE THE SMALL-SCALE IMPROVEMENTS TO LIVING CONDITIONS IN INDIVIDUAL STREETS AND THOROUGHFARES, + MR WILSON SAID.
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