FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1984
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NEW SAI KUNG FIRE STATION
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THE $6.7 MILLION SAI KUNG FIRE STATION WAS OFFICIALLY COMMISSIONED TODAY BY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, KOWLOON COMMAND, MR M. KINGDOM,
THE NEW STATION IS OF A SUB-DIVISIONAL STANDARD DESIGN, CONSISTING OF A FOUR-STOREY STATION BUILDING WITH SPACE FOR FOUR FIRE APPLIANCES ON THE GROUND FLOOR, A DRILL YARD AND A DRILL TOWER.
THE STATION IS HEADED BY AN ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER, AND 35 OFFICERS AND MEN, AND HAS THREE FIRE APPLIANCES AND TWO AMBULANCES.
NEWSPAPERS EMPLOY FEWER STAFF
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THE NUMBER OF STAFF EMPLOYED BY THE LOCAL MASS MEDIA. DROPPED FROM ABOUT 4 800 IN 1981 TO 4 300 IN 1983 AS A RESULT OF THE ECONOMIC RECESSION.
THE JOURNALISM TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL EXPECTED THIS TREND TO CONTINUE.
THE FINDINGS OF A MANPOWER SURVEY CONDUCTED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR BY THE BOARD ON THE MASS MEDIA INDUSTRY REVEALED THAT THE TAHT NEWSPAPER SECTOR LOST MORE THAN 500 JOBS. FROM 3 000 IN 1981 TO H 2 500 IN 1983, REPRESENTING A 17 PER CENT DROP, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, SAID.
IT WAS THE TRAINING BOARD'S OPINION THAT THE MAGAZINE SECTOR WOULD HAVE BEEN FAIRLY VULNERABLE TO THE RECESSION. HOWEVER, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THIS SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.6 PER CENT TO 1 412.
THE TELEVISION AND RADIO SECTOR ALSO REGISTERED A MANPOWER INCREASE OF 17 PER CENT AND THE NEWS AGENCIES SECTOR, 23 PER CENT.
+THE INCREASE IN THESE SECTORS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HONG KONG'S GROWING ROLE AS A REGIONAL MAGAZINE CENTRE AS WELL AS AN ASIAN NEWS CENTRE, HE SAID.
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/THE 1983