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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1978

LOOK ING INTO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR SAID A NUMBER OF LARGE-SCALE HEALTH EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS WERE IN THE PIPELINE, AND THESE WOULD INCLUDE AN EXHIBITION ON FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE, A CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY AND ANOTHER CAMPAIGN TO APPEAL FOR PUBLIC DONATION OF HUMAN ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS.

CALLING ON VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE ACTIVITIES, DR. LEE SAID ONLY WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AND IN A SUSTAINED MANNER CAN WE ACHIEVE OUR AIM OF PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY.+

SERVICING THE GOVERNMENT'S FLEET OF VEHICLES

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FOR MOST PEOPLE. THE LITTLE ODD JOBS NECESSARY IN MAINTAINING ONE MOTOR VEHICLE ARE ENOUGH BUT WHAT ABOUT 28,295 PROBLEMS OVER A THREE-MONTH PERIOD?

THAT IS HOW MANY JOBS THE VEHICLE AND ANCILLARIES SECTIONS OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DEALT WITH BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER.

AS A PWD SPOKESMAN COMMENTED: IT DOES KEEP THE MEN PRETTY BUSY.+

OF THIS MAMMOTH TOTAL 13,854 JOBS WERE DONE IN THE HONG KONG ISLAND WORKSHOPS AND THE OTHER 14,441 IN KOWLOON.

THE PWD SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE VEHICLE AND ANCILLARIES SECTIONS OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE ARE DIVIDED INTO UNITS, EACH RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME PART OF THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL OF VEHICLES,

+THE VARIOUS SHOPS UNDERTAKE THE INSPECTION, SERVICING AND REPAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT'S FLEET OF VEHICLES,✦ HE SAID,

THE TYPE OF WORK INVOLVED RANGES THROUGH TESTING, MODIFYING, OVERHAULS AND ACCIDENT REPAIRS TO BREAKDOWN REPAIRS, RESPRAYING, UPHOLSTERY WORK AND BATTERY RECHARGING.

FOR INSTANCE, THERE WERE 4,234 TYRES REPAIRED, 7,220 VEHICLE SERVICING OPERATIONS AND 159-MAJOR ENGINE OVERHAULS.

AND, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THERE WERE EVEN FIVE BICYCLES REPAIRED.

THERE WERE ALSO 26 ACCIDENT INSPECTIONS OF PRIVATE VEHICLES,

18 ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND EIGHT IN KOWLOON,

THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE ALSO PUT SOME WORK OUT UNDER CONTRACT.

THIS NUMBERED 215 ITEMS INVOLVING BODY REPAIRS, REPAINTING, MODIFICATIONS, ENGINE OVERHAULS, BODY CONSTRUCTION AND MISCELLANEOUS ODD JOBS.

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