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SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1975.

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+EXCELLENT. THIS COURSE PROVIDED ME WITH KNOWLEDGE OF APPRECIABLE VALUE WHICH IN MY OPINION HAS BEEN WELL

PLANNED AND CONDUCTED. A LOT FROM THE COURSE. CONCEPT.+

I THINK I HAVE GAINED QUITE

TO ME, THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW

+I HAVE GAINED A LOT FROM THIS COURSE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS CHANGING MYSELF TO A SAFETY-MINDED PERSON.+

+IT ENLARGES AND REVISES MY PERSONAL VIEWPOINT TOWARDS

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. A NEW CONCEPT TO SAFETY IS TO ELIMINATE POTENTIAL HAZARDS AT ITS EARLIEST STAGE.+

+THIS COURSE MAKES CLEAR THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING SAFETY. IT ALSO DRAWS MY ATTENTION TO SOME POINTS OF SAFETY THAT USUALLY OVERLOOKED.+

NOTE TO EDITORS.

COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TRAINEES ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

CONVENIENT RENT COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR ESTATE TENANTS

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THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS TO EXTEND ITS DOOR-TO-DOOR RENT COLLECTION SYSTEM TO ITS NEWER GROUP +B+ PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE 600,000 TENANTS LIVING IN THEM.

THIS SYSTEM HAS LONG BEEN ADOPTED IN ALL GROUP +A+ AND A FEW GROUP +B+ ESTATES AND HAS BEEN PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR, THE SYSTEM WILL BE EXTENDED TO COVER ALL 308 MARK | TO MARK VIŤ HOUSING BLOCKS, AND TENANTS WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO QUEUE UP AT THE ESTATE RENT COLLECTION OFFICES *TO PAY THEIR RENT DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF EACH MONTH.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT DESCRIBED THE EXTENSION OF THE RENT COLLECTION SYSTEM AS ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS BETTER MANAGEMENT FOR THE GROUP +B+ ESTATES.

+APART FROM MAKING IT EASIER FOR TENANTS. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO HELP IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TENANTS AND THE MANAGEMENT AS THE ESTATE FAMILIES WILL AT LEAST BE VISITED ONCE A MONTH BY THE MANAGEMENT STAFF.

+ IN ADDITION, IT WILL ALSO RESULT IN THE SAVING OF MANPOWER AS THE SHROFFS, CLERKS AND MESSENGERS WORKING IN THE RENT OFFICES COULD THEN BE PUT ON OTHER JOBS.+