WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1981
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SEMINAR ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ISTS
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WITH A VIEW TO STIMULATING INTEREST AMONG LOCAL INDUSTRIAL ISTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION (HKIEC) AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES (FHKI), JOINTLY ORGANISED A HALF-DAY SEMINAR ENTITLED 'OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ISTS'.
THE SEMINAR, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND HELD IN HONG KONG, TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON (MAY 13) IN THE FHKI LECTURE ROOM.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION INCLUDED LOCAL AND OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION, INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION WITH OVERSEAS INVESTORS, ACQUISITION OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION, AND QUALIFICATION AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR SITES IN HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL ESTATES.
+WE ARE DELIGHTED AT THE NUMBER OF FEDERATION MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED - OVER 70 IN ALL AND THE INTEREST SHOWN IN THE EVENT,+ SAID MR ALEX PURVES, COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY.
THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION INTEND TO ORGANISE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS, MORE OF THESE SEMINARS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
AFTER AN INTRODUCTION BY MR H.C. TANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE FHKI, MR PAUL WONG, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, AND MR P.K. WONG, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF HK IEC, ADDRESSED THE MEETING.
FIRE SERVICES OFFICER RETIRES
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A FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT STATION OFFICER, MR YUNG PO-LAM, WHO ROSE FROM THE RANKS RETIRED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AFTER 23 YEARS' SERVICE.
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF FSD HEADQUARTERS, MR BRIAN FENDER, PRESENTED HIM WITH A WRIST WATCH.
IN PRESENTING THE GIFT, MR FENDER PRAISED YUNG'S LOYALTY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY DURING HIS ENTIRE CAREER WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
STATION OFFICER YUNG JOINED THE SERVICE IN 1958 AS A WATCH-KEEPER AT THE CONTROL CENTRE, HE BECAME A SENIOR FIREMAN IN 1961 AFTER THE POST OF WATCH-KEEPER WAS REGRADED.
IN MID-1964, HE WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL FIREMAN RISING TO HIS PRESENT RÁNK IN MAY 1979 AFTER ACTING AS A STATION OFFICER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
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