FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1984
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FIRE OFFICERS NEEDED
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TWENTY-SEVEN ACTIVE AND INTELLIGENT YOUNG MEN ARE WANTED TO FILL VACANCIES FOR FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT STATION OFFICERS.
+WE ARE OFFERING A CAREER FULL OF VARIETY, INTEREST AND OPPORTUNITY TO THOSE WHO WISH TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, + A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THE STARTING SALARY FOR A STATION OFFICER VARIES FROM $5 920 TO $7 340, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATION, AND RISES TO $13 080, HE SAID.
+AN APPLICANT MUST BE UNDER 30 YEARS OF AGE, HAVE GOOD PHYSIQUE AND NORMAL EYESIGHT, AND SHOULD BE ABOVE 168 CM TALL AND WEIGH AT LEAST 55 KILOGRAMS. HIS CHEST MEASUREMENT SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 86 CM DEFLATED WITH AN EXPANSION OF AT LEAST 5 CM,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED ARE FIVE SUBJECTS INCLUDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE (SYLLABUS B) AT GRADE E, IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
CHOSEN APPLICANTS WILL UNDERGO 24 WEEKS OF TRAINING AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, NEW TERRITORIES.
THE OFFICER WILL BE ON PROBATION FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS, PRIOR TO CONFIRMATION TO THE PERMANENT AND PENSIONABLE ESTABLISHMENT.
APPLICATION FORMS (GF 340) MAY BE OBTAINED FROM DISTRICT OFFICES AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO THE RECRUITMENT UNIT, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 323 JAVA ROAD, NORTH POINT.
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CHINA FERRY TERMINAL TO BE BUILT AT CANTON ROAD ****
THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SELL BY PUBLIC TENDER A SITE AT CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A CHINA FERRY TERMINAL.
THE 3 166-SQUARE-METRES SITE WILL BE SOLD TOGETHER WITH PART OF AN ADJACENT AREA OF FORESHORE AND SEABED, DETAILS OF WHICH WERE GAZETTED IN NOVEMBER 1982.
THE TOTAL AREA OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE 1.5 HECTARES,
• TOGETHER WITH 8 800 SQUARE METRES OF SEABED AND KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER NO. 54.
THE TERMINAL WILL BE A THREE-STOREY CONCOURSE STRUCTURE OVER THE EXISTING PIER
/IT WILL