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SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1986
TO FACILITATE THOSE WHO LIVE OR WORK IN OUTLYING DISTRICTS, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL OPERATE AN I. D. CARD REPLACEMENT VISITING SERVICE ON CHEUNG CHAU AND LAMMA ISLANDS, AND IN MUI WO, TAI O AND SAI KUNG FROM MARCH 24 TO APRIL 12.
+THE SERVICE WILL HANDLE APPLICATIONS FROM WOMEN BORN BETWEEN 1935 AND 1938, AND ANY LATE COMERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE VISITING SERVICE WILL OPERATE FROM 10 AM TO 1 PM AND 2 PM TO 4 PM, MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS, ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
MARCH 24 APRIL 4
MARCH 24
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APRIL 12
APRIL 7
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MUI WO COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BRANCH OFFICE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE
SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE
NORTH LAMMA RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE
LOCAL PROMOTED TO CHIEF FIRE OFFICER
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THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR ROBERT HOLMES, ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT A THIRD LOCAL OFFICER HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO CHIEF FIRE OFFICER.
HE IS MR LAM CHEK-YUEN, WHO HAS TAKEN OVER AS HEAD OF THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS COMMAND FROM MR JOHN BREDBURY, WHO WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND.
MR LAM, 48, HAS WORKED IN DIFFERENT UNITS DURING HIS LONG CAREER. HE JOINED THE FIRE SERVICES AS A SUB-OFFICER IN 1958 AND WAS PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER IN 1983.
ONE OF MR LAM'S UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES WAS THE RESCUE OF 19 MEN TRAPPED IN THE BURNING ENGINE ROOM ON BOARD M.V. HONG KONG FIR IN AUGUST 1960. HE WAS AWARDED THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION FOR HIS COURAGE AND SELFLESS SERVICE.
MR HOLMES ALSO ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF MR RAYMOND BRIAN JOHNSTON TO DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER.
MR JOHNSTON IS THE DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES FIRE COMMAND.
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