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SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1980

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IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR STAFF OF MARINE DEPARTMENT

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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S NAUTICAL TRAINING SCHOOL WILL HOLD A SERIES OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES FOR COXSWAINS AND LAUNCH MECHANICS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR THIS YEAR INCLUDES 14 NAVIGATION AND 10 ENGINEERING COURSES FOR BOTH DECK HANDS AND ENGINE ROOM RATINGS. EIGHT ARE REFRESHER COURSES AND 16 LEAD TO EXAMINATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY.

HE SAID COURSES ARE HELD AT SUITABLE INTERVALS TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT'S 'FLOATING STAFF' TO UP-DATE THE IR MARITIME KNOWLEDGE SO AS TO ENSURE SAFETY AT SEA, AND TO ATTAIN THE HIGHER STANDARDS REQUIRED FOR PROMOTION WITHIN THE IR GRADES.

IN ADDITION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THE NAUTICAL TRAINING SCHOOL ALSO ORGANISES TALKS ON SPECIAL TOPICS EVERY YEAR.

THE SCHOOL WILL HOLD A ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON MONDAY (MARCH 24) ON A NEW MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

+THE SEMINAR WILL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR OWN STAFF AS WELL AS WATER-BORNE OPERATION PERSONNEL FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE FIRE SERVICES, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE AND PWD'S PORT WORKS DIVISION.+

KWAI CHUNG GAMES HALL READY IN SEPTEMBER

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THE $6.4 MILLION KWAI CHUNG INDOOR GAMES HALL, WHICH WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SPORTS FACILITIES TO RESIDENTS OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN, WILL BE READY IN SIX MONTHS.,

WORK ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE GAMES HALL HAS VIRTUALLY BEEN COMPLETED AND CONTRACTORS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ARE PROCEEDING WITH WORK ON THE STEEL-FRAMED ROOF STRUCTURE.

THE PROJECT, JOINTLY FINANCED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, MR O.R. SADICK, IS KNOWN AS THE OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL HALL.

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