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Saturday, June 10, 1972

FIRE PREVENTION COURSES FOR INDUSTRY

Nominations Invited From Trade Associations

The Industrial Safety Training Centre of the Labour Department,

in conjunction with the Fire Services Department, is to organise a serics

of one-day "fire prevention courses" for foremen and supervisors in industry.

Letters advising industry of these facilities and inviting nominations

have been issued to over 50 trade associations representing approximately

10,000 individual member firms.

The purpose of the course is to provide selected personnel from

industry with an adequate knowledge of basic fire prevention and fire

fighting.

This knowledge can lead to higher standards of fire prevention,

thereby, reducing the risk of outbreaks of fire.

It will also enable suitably trained personnel to make a practical

and immediate attack on an outbreak which could prevent a major fire

from developing.

These courses are being offered free of charge and will be held

on Mondays and Fridays from July 17 to September 29. These courses will

be in Cantonese and each will be limited to a maximum of 25 people.

A spokesman of the Labour Department said: "Nominations will be

registered on a first-come-first-served basis. They can be made either

in writing, or by telephone, to the Industrial Safety Training Centre,

Labour Department, Kowloon Regional Office, 393 Canton Road, Kowloon,

Tel. K-664270,"

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