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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1985
BILL GAZETTED ***
A BILL, WHICH WILL EXTEND THE APPLICATION OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WELFARE FUND TO CIVILIAN MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN GAZETTED TODAY.
ANOTHER OBJECTIVE OF THE FIRE SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1985 IS TO EMPOWER THE GOVERNOR OR THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES TO ORDER A SUBORDINATE OFFICER OR MEMBER OF THE RANK AND FILE TO COMPENSATE THE GOVERNMENT FOR ANY LOSS OF, OR DAMAGE TO, GOVERNMENT PROPERTY WHICH HE MAY HAVE CAUSED.
THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID WOULD, HOWEVER, BE LIMITED TO ONE MONTH'S SALARY OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS OR DAMAGE.
IN ADDITION, A SUBORDINATE OFFICER OR MEMBER OF OTHER RANKS COULD ONLY BE ORDERED TO PAY COMPENSATION WHEN THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE GOVERNMENT AROSE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THAT PERSON'S NEGLECT OR FAULT.
KWUN TONG FEATURES IN DISPLAY
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MORE LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN KWUN TONG IN THE COMING YEARS, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, DISCLOSED THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE EASTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL CROSSING LINKING CHA KWO LING AND TAI KOO SHING, THE LAM TIN EXTENSION, AND THE TSUI PING AND JORDAN VALLEY RE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
AS MR LIAO WAS SUDDENLY CALLED AWAY FOR. OTHER URGENT MATTERS, HIS SPEECH WAS DELIVERED BY KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, AT THE OPENING OF THE +TO KNOW KWUN TONG EXHIBITION AT THE TELFORD COMMERCIAL COMPLEX.
MR LIAO DESCRIBED THE EXHIBITION AS A GOOD CHANNEL +TO LET LOCAL PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR DISTRICT BETTER AND FOSTER MORE CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY.+
THE EXHIBITION FEATURES SOME HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DISTRICT, INFORMATION ON THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
STAGED BY THE KWUN TONG FESTIVAL '85 ORGANISING COMMITTEE AS A PRELUDE TO THE THREE-WEEK FESTIVAL, THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD FOR TWO DAYS AT THE TELFORD COMMERCIAL COMPLEX AND THEN TOUR AROUND VARIOUS AREAS OF THE DISTRICT.
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