FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1983
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A FURTHER NEW REGULATION TO BE INTRODUCED GIVES LEGAL SANCTION TO AN EXISTING REQUIREMENT ALREADY BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES TO PROVIDE FIREMEN'S LIFTS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE AMENDMENTS AND NEW REGULATIONS GAZETTED TODAY, WERE RECOMMENDED BY AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL STUDY GROUP SET UP IN 1980 AS PART OF A BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT EXERCISE TO REVIEW THE BUILDING REGULATIONS.
HE SAID THAT INCLUDED IN THE STUDY GROUP WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES AND THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT.
THE PROPOSALS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AND ENDORSED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE REVIEW SUB-COMMITTEE, WHOSE MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL BODIES AND THE GOVERNMENT.
HE SAID THAT THE LIFT AND ESCALATOR CONTRACTORS' ASSOCIATION HAD HELPED TO FORM THE PROPOSALS.
NEED FOR DISCIPLINE STRESSED
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IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WERE REMINDED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER, OF THE NEED TO EXERCISE THEIR POWERS+ ONLY IN A CAREFULLY CONTROLLED WAY — A DISCIPLINED WAY.+
SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 69 RECRUIT OFFICERS AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT PARADE GROUND, MR CARTER SAID THAT DISCIPLINE WAS NOT JUST A MATTER OF DRILL ON THE PARADE GROUND.
+DISCIPLINE IS A SYSTEM OF RULES WHICH GOVERNS OUR CONDUCT, THE SMARTNESS OF OUR TURNOUT, AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE EXECUTE OUR DUTIES.
BUT IT IS ALSO A FORM OF MENTAL AND MORAL TRAINING, WHICH COMES ONLY FROM WITHIN US, WHICH GIVES US THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC TO THE VERY BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND TO THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, HE SAID.
MR CARTER THEN CONGRATULATED THE OFFICERS ON THE IR SMART TURNOUT.
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