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SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1986
THE HOME SAFETY BOOKLET, WHICH PROVIDES USEFUL INFORMATION ON HOME SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE IN CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND THE PUBLISHING SUB-DIVISION OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN BASKERVILLE HOUSE, ICE HOUSE STREET, CENTRAL.
FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, A ONE-HOUR VARIETY SHOW PRODUCED AND BROADCAST LIVE BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG PROVIDED ENTERTAINMENT, AS WELL AS DISSEMINATING HOME SAFETY MESSAGES, FOR OVER 500 SPECTATORS AT THE VENUE.
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PURPOSE-SUILT TRAINING SCHOOL FOR USD
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THE TRAINING SCHOOL OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS NOW +FRAGMENTED+ OVER FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WILL COME UNDER ONE ROOF BY 1990 TO STREAMLINE TRAINING FOR STAFF OF THE 18 000-STRONG DEPARTMENT.
+AT PRESENT, DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING TAKES PLACE AT THE ABERDEEN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, KOWLOON PARK AND GUARDIAN HOUSE IN WAN CHAI, AS WELL AS IN A RATHER SMALL SCHOOL ITSELF AT 01 KWAN COURT, WAN CHAI,+ SAID THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL, MR ALBERT WONG.
+THIS DIFFUSION MAKES CO-ORDINATION DIFFICULT. AND IT WILL CERTAINLY BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THE LONG RUN WHEN ALL TRAINING ACTIVITIES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THE 'PURPOSE-BUILT SCHOOL'+.
THIS SITE IS AT THE LAI CHI KOK RECREATION CENTRE, AND WHEN THE USD TRAINING SCHOOL THERE IS COMPLETED IT WILL BECOME THE LARGEST TRAINING INSTITUTION FOR ANY CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE SITE IS CENTRALLY LOCATED AND SPACIOUS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE AN OPEN PARADE GROUND FOR TRAINING GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS, STUDENT HEALTH INSPECTORS AND SUPERVISORY GRADE STAFF.
IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING IN RECREATION AND SPORTS AS IT IS ADJACENT TO THE LAI CHI KOK RECREATION CENTRE'S INDOOR GAMES HALL, SQUASH COURTS AND SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX. IN ADDITION, THE OPEN SPACE THERE CAN BE USED FOR PRACTICAL TRAINING IN HORTICULTURE.
+ THE USD TRAINING SCHOOL WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER 1982 AS THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT SAW A CONTINUING NEED TO SUPPLY HIGHLY TRAINED STAFF IN VARIOUS SPECIALTIES IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE A BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC,+ SAID MR WONG,
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