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+1 WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT OUR APPEAL TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE SIMILAR MATERIAL TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE REGIMENT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTEREST MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, PIECES OF KIT, BADGES AND MEDALS,+ HE SAID,
+OF COURSE, PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO PART PERMANENTLY WITH OBJECTS OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE SO WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE COPIES AND RETURN THE ORIGINALS IF DESIRED.+
THE ORIGINS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT CAN BE TRACED BACK TO 1854 WHEN 99 INDIVIDUALS JOINED A VOLUNTEER FORCE TO PROTECT HONG KONG AGAINST AN ATTACK BY THE RUSSIANS AT A TIME WHEN BRITAIN AND THAT COUNTRY WERE AT WAR. IT IS THUS ONE OF THE OLDEST OF ANY OF THE MODERN VOLUNTEER UNITS.
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK SET TO START
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THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK ORGANISED BY THE TRIPARTITE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD IS ONLY DAYS AWAY BEFORE ITS OPENING THIS SATURDAY (MARCH 14).
FINISHING TOUCHES ARE BEING PUT TO A BUS, A TRAM, A TUG BOAT AND A HELICOPTER WHICH WILL TOUR ROUND THE TERRITORY CARRYING MESSAGES ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY DURING THE SEVEN-DAY PERIOD.
THE BUS WILL VISIT INDUSTRIAL AREAS WHERE THREE CANTONESE SONGS WITH LYRICS SPECIALLY WRITTEN TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF WORK SAFETY WILL BE BROADCAST TO THE PUBLIC. PAMPHLETS AND SOUVENIR CUPS WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED.
THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG, SAID SPONSORS HIP OF THESE ACTIVITIES IS PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING.
*THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMPANIES HAVE PLEDGED THEIR SUPPORT BY EITHER PROVIDING THESE FACILITIES FREE OR AT A NOMINAL FEE, + MR YIU SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS HAVE ALSO PUT IN A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORTS IN ORGANISING THE WEEK'S ACTIVITIES, THUS EXAMPLIFYING THE TRIPARTITE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE GOVERNMENT IN THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MOVEMENT.
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