FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1985
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FIRE OFFICERS TOLD OF NEED FOR PATIENCE
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SIR SHIU-KIN TANG TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON A GROUP OF NEWLY GRADUATED FIRE OFFICERS TO SHOW UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENCE TOWARDS VICTIMS OF FIRE AND OTHER CALAMITIES.
SIR SHIU-KIN WAS SPEAKING AT A PASSING OUT PARADE OF FIVE PROBATION STATION OFFICERS AND 42 FIREMEN AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, NEW TERRITORIES.
+I HAVE LONG ADMIRED THE DEDICATION TO JOB, THE COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHICH THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES IS SO RENOWNED. THE PUBLIC HOLDS YOU IN HIGH REGARD. WE ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICES YOU RENDER, SIR SHIU-KIN SAID.
HE TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT THEIR CHOSEN CAREER DEMANDS TOTAL COMMITMENT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
→IT IS A HIGHLY DISCIPLINED AND DANGEROUS ONE,+ HE SAID.
SIR SHIU-KIN LATER PRESENTED BEST RECRUIT AWARDS TO PROBATION STATION OFFICER CHEUNG KAR-WAI AND FIREMAN CHOI WING-CHEONG.
STALLS AT FLOWER SHOW FOR LEASE
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A TOTAL OF 24 COMMERCIAL STALLS FOR THE SALE OF FLOWERS, PLANTS AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE URBAN COUNCIL FLOWER SHOW TO BE HELD BETWEEN APRIL 19 AND 21 IN EDINBURGH PLACE.
OF THE STALLS, 17 WILL MEASURE ABOUT NINE SQUARE METRES EACH WHILE THE REST WILL MEASURE ABOUT 18 SQUARE METRES EACH.
A SMALL STALL CARRIES AN UPSET PRICE OF $200 AND A LARGE ONE, $400.
AUCTIONING OF THE STALLS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE VICTORIA PARK TENNIS CENTRE IN CAUSEWAY BAY AT 9.15 A.M. ON MARCH 20.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO BID FOR A STALL SHOULD BRING ALONG WITH THEM THE IR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS, TWO PASSPORT-SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS, AND SUFFICIENT MONEY TO COVER THE BID AS WELL AS $135 FOR THE ISSUING OF A TEMPORARY LICENCE.
OTHER DETAILS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE HAWKER RECORD OFFICES OF THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND AT SAI YEE STREET DEPOT IN KOWLOON.
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