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TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1989
THEY WERE RECEIVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR JOHN MARCH AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR JERRY LAM CHEK-YUEN AND OTHER SENIOR STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE STATION.
THE PARTY SAW A DISPLAY OF UNDERWATER DIVING GEAR, CUTTING AND BREAKING-IN EQUIPMENT, BREATHING APPARATUS AND VARIOUS EMERGENCY VEHICLES INCLUDING AMBULANCE AID MOTORCYCLES AND A MOBILE CASUALTY TREATMENT CENTRE.
THEY ALSO VIEWED DEMONSTRATIONS OF A SIMULATED FIRE FIGHTING EXERCISE AND VARIOUS TYPES OF RESCUE OPERATIONS.
THE DELEGATION THEN HELD INFORMAL TALKS WITH THE DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHICH ARE OF CURRENT CONCERN TO THE DEPARTMENT AND ITS STAFF.
THE MEMBERS LATER BOARDED FIRE BOAT NO.6 FOR TRIP TO CENTRAL.
TODAY'S VISIT WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES TOURS BY MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE TO SEE DISCIPLINED SERVICES.
A CROSS HARBOUR
OF FAMILIARISATION THE WORK OF THE
REGIONAL SECRETARY VISITS KWAI TSING
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED KWAI TSING DISTRICT TO UPDATE HIMSELF ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
HSU, THE
MR HSU WAS BRIEFED BY KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PAUL TANG, ON THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, AS WELL AS THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT'S INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM.
MR HSU STARTED HIS TOUR AT THE WONDERLAND VILLA WHERE HE HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE DISTRICT.
HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON HOUSING, AND COMMERCE, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, AND THE CONTAINER PORT.
INDUSTRY
AT TSING YI ISLAND, MR HSU WAS BRIEFED ON NEWLY-COMPLETED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AT THE NORTHERN SHORE, SHIPYARDS, FACTORY AND THE TSING YI INDUSTRIAL CENTRE.
CEMENT
AFTER THE VISIT, MR HSU SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE RAPID DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
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