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TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1984
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UMELCO RECEIVES REPRESENTATIONS
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FOUR DELEGATIONS APPROACHED UMELCO TODAY (TUESDAY) TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
THEY WERE FROM THE CURRENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION, THE I LOVE FREE HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE TSUEN WAN SUB-COMMITTEE, A GROUP OF CITIZENS AND A FORUM OF UNIVERSITY GRADUATES.
WHILE DIVERGENT VIEWS WERE EXPRESSED BY THE DELEGATIONS ON ISSUES INCLUDING HOW DETAILED THE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE AND THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW, THEY SHARED THE VIEW THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND THAT UMELCO MEMBERS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
THE DELEGATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY HON ROGER LOBO, HON MARIA TAM, HON STEPHEN CHEONG, HON MRS SELINA CHOW, HON MRS RITA FAN, HON MRS PAULINE NG AND HON YEUNG PO-KWAN.
MEMBERS THANKED THE GROUPS AND ASSURED THEM THEIR VIEWS WOULD BE CONSIDERED WITHIN UMELCO.
MORE FLATS FOR FIRE SERVICES RANK AND FILE
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS REACHING ITS GOAL OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE QUARTERS FOR ITS RANK AND FILE, THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR ROBERT HOLMES SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY MARKING THE HANDING OVER OF KONWAY COURT FLATS AT CHAI WAN TO THE MEN, MR HOLMES SAID THAT 88 UNITS HAD BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AT A COST OF ABOUT $350 000 EACH UNIT.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE BLOCK OF FLATS FROM A PRIVATE DEVELOPER FOR USE BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS MARRIED QUARTERS.
MR HOLMES SAID THAT AN ADDITIONAL 28 +G+ GRADE UNITS AND 28 +H+ GRADE UNITS HAD ALSO BEEN ALLOCATED AS QUARTERS TO THE FIRE SERVICES, AT ANOTHER PRIVATE BUILDING IN LUK YEUNG SUN CHUEN 'AT TSUEN WAN.
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