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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 19
DURING THE CAMP, TWO CONCERTS WILL BE GIVEN BY PARTICIPANTS. THE FIRST WILL BE AT THE SAI KUNG MAN YI PLAYGROUND AT 7.30 PM ON AUGUST 15, AND THE SECOND WILL BE THE GRAND FINALE CONCERT AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL AT 8 PM ON AUGUST 17.
ADMISSION IS FREE FOR THE OUTDOOR CONCERT AND TICKETS AT $3 FOR THE FINALE CONCERT WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON AT THE MUSIC OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES AND THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL BOOKING OFFICE.
APART FROM LEARNING MUSIC, MANY RECREATION AND SPORT ACTIVITIES WILL BE ARRANGED FOR THE CAMPERS. THERE WILL BE TWO SWIMMING DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS DURING WHICH THE CAMPERS WILL PROVIDE LIVE MUSIC FOR SYNCRONIZED SWIMMING. OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE BASKETBALL, ARCHERY, AND ROLLER-SKATING,
THE CAMP IS SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
FIRE CHIEF RETIRES
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THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ALAN JONES WILL BE RETIRING NEXT WEEK AFTER SERVING 30 YEARS IN FIRE SERVICE.
AT A CEREMONY AT TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE STATION TODAY (FRIDAY) THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR F.M. WATSON PRESENTED A SİLVER SALVER TO MR JONES ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES.
MR JONES JOINED THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES IN 1959 AS A STATION OFFICER AFTER SPENDING EIGHT YEARS WITH THE LIVERPOOL FIRE SERVICE AND ONE YEAR WITH THE CYPRUS FIRE SERVICE.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO DIVISIONAL OFFICER IN 1968 AND ASSISTANT CHIEF FIRE OFFICER IN 1970. IN 1975, MR JONES WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CHIEF FIRE OFFICER.
MR JONES WAS AWARDED COLONIAL POLICE MEDAL (FIRE SERVICES) FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN 1972 AND THE QUEEN'S FIRE SERVICE MEDAL IN 1978.
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