TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1987
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PUPILS GET LESSON IN MARINE OPERATIONS
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A GROUP OF 29 CHILDREN FROM BEACON HILL SCHOOL HAD AN INSIGHT INTO MARINE OPERATIONS DURING A VISIT TO THE GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.
LED BY TWO OF THEIR TEACHERS, THE CHILDREN, AGED EIGHT AND NINE, ARRIVED AT THE DOCKYARD IN CANTON ROAD AT 9.45 AM AND WERE GREETED BY THE DOCKYARD MANAGER, MR JAMES STOPPA, AND MARINE OFFICER (OPERATION), MR TREVOR BERRY.
THE PUPILS WERE THEN SHOWN OVER THE PREMISES AND BRIEFED ON THE HISTORY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE 16-YEAR-OLD GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD WHICH AT PRESENT EMPLOYS ABOUT 750 PEOPLE.
THE CHILDREN ALSO LEARNT THAT THE DOCKYARD, UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED VARIOUS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES TO THE GOVERNMENT FLEET OF ABOUT 500 BOATS -- FROM THE SMALLEST INFLATABLE SPEEDBOATS TO THE LARGEST 1 000 TONNE DREDGER.
A HIGHLIGHT OF THE VISIT CAME WHEN THE CHILDREN BOARDED À MARINE DEPARTMENT LAUNCH FOR A SHORT TOUR OF THE HARBOUR WHERE THEY SAW VARIOUS TYPES OF VESSELS MOORED AT BUOYS.
SOUTHERN 38 TO REPORT ON YEAR'S WORK
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL REPORT ON ITS SECOND YEAR OF WORK FOR THE 1985-08 TERM AT A SEMINAR FOR THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 27).
JOINTLY ORGANISED WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE THREE-HOUR SEMINAR WILL START AT 7.30 PM AT THE AP LEI CHAU COMMUNITY HALL, AP LEI CHAU ESTATE. ABOUT 150 PEOPLE FROM AREA COMMITTEES WILL BE ATTENDING THE MEETING.
CHAIRMEN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS FIVE COMMITTEES WILL EACH REPORT ON THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND THE PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR, AS WELL AS ON PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
THEY INCLUDE MR JASPER LAM, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD; MISS YEUNG CHUI-CHUN OF THE WORKS PROJECTS COMMITTEE: MISS MAR YUET-HAR OF THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE; MR MAN HON-MING OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE: MR PAUL YOUNG OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, AND MR KO TAM-KAN OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE.
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