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THURSDAY, APRIL, 1982
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT SUCH INDISCRIMINATE STORAGE OF GOODS AND MATERIALS COULD BE GREATLY REDUCED IF FACTORY OPERATORS EXERCISED GREATER CARE IN PLANNING THE IR EXPANSION AND IN PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY CONTROL.
THE CONTINUED PREVALENCE OF INDISCRIMINATE STORAGE OF GO in AND MATERIALS IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS INDICATED CLEARLY THAT ENFORECEMENT ACTION HAS NOT ACHIEVED ITS DESIRED RESULT AND THAT THE EXISTING FINES PROVIDED FOR IN THE FIRE SERVICES ORDINANCE, THE LEVEL OF WHICH HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE AT LEAST 1964, NO LONGER ACT AS AN EFFECTIVE DETERRENT.
THE MORE REALISTIC FINES NOW BEING PROPOSED WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE AGAINST UNSAFE AND IRRESPONSIBLE PRACTICES BY FACTORY OPERATORS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN ADDITION, THE BILL WILL EXTEND THE POWER OF A MAGISTRATE, AFTER HEARING A COMPLAINT BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, TO MAKE A CLOSING ORDER ON PREMISES WHERE A FIRE HAZARD HAS ARISEN, HE SAID.
FIRE OFFICERS TOLD TO SET GOOD EXAMPLE
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NEWLY-GRADUATED FIRE STATION OFFICERS WERE TOLD TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR TOM GARDINER OF THE NEED TO SET BY EXAMPLE THE STANDARDS THEY WANTED OTHERS TO FOLLOW.
+AS AN OFFICER IN CHARGE OF MEN, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK PERFORMED BY YOUR TEAM AS WELL AS THEIR SAFETY AS FAR AS THIS IS POSSIBLE. TEAMWORK IS ESSENTIAL. YOU WILL LEAD YOUR TEAM AND YOU MUST SHOW BY EXAMPLE THE STANDARDS YOU REQUIRE,+ THE 15 GRADUATING OFFICERS HEARD MR GARDINER SAY, AT A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, NEW TERRITORIES.
MR GARDINER REMINDED THE GRADUATES THAT THERE WAS A LOT MORE TO COME IN THEIR CAREER.
+HONG KONG IS A THRIVING AND CROWDED COMMUNITY WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. NEW CONCEPTS APPEAR ALMOST DAILY.
+SOMETIMES INNOVATIONS CREATE PROBLEMS FOR US AS MEMBERS OF THE FIRE SERVICES. NOTHING STANDS STILL AND TO DO OUR JOBS PROPERLY, WE MUST KEEP ABREAST WITH ADVANCEMENTS OF ALL KINDS.
+GO FROM THIS SCHOOL WITH A DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED,+ MR GARDINER SAID.
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