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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1981

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NEW FIRE BOAT ON DISPLAY

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A NEW MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR FIRE BOAT EQUIPPED WITH A MARINE SNORKEL AND CAPABLE OF PUMPING FOAM AND WATER AT THE RATE OF 11 300 LITRES PER MINUTE WILL BE PUT ON DISPLAY BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT EDINBURGH PLACE TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

THE SPECIALLY-DESIGNED VESSEL, COSTING $10 MILLION, WILL BERTH AT QUEEN'S PIER AS PART OF THE ASSOC ATED ACTIVITIES OF THE CAREERS '82 EXHIBITION BEING HELD IN THE C TY HALL EXHIBITION HALL.

CONDUCTED TOURS OF THE VESSEL WILL BE ARRANGED FOR VISITORS

BY FIRE OFFICERS FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM.

THE AIM OF THIS LIVE CAREER SHOW IS TO STRESS THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN FROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY ON LAND AND SEA.

VISITORS CAN ALSO SEE SOME (F THE MAJC EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES USED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN ALL FORMS OF DUTIES, RANGING FROM FIRE-FIGHTING TO LANDSLIDES, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, HOUSE COLLAPSES, MOUNTAIN RESCUES AS WELL AS LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS.

THE APPLIANCES ON DISPLAY WILL INCLUDE A HYDRAULIC PLATFORM, AN AMBULANCE AND A MOBILE COMMANI UNIT,

THERE WILL ALSO BE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE DEPARTMENT AT WORK AND DURING OFF-DUTY LEISURE.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS ALSO SHOW A RANGE OF FIRE SERVICES APPLIANCES FOR DEALING WITH SITUATIONS ON LAND, AIR AND SEA.

A TEMPORARY RECRUITMENT CENTRE WILL BE SET UP AT THE MOBILE UNIT FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE +E_ITE BRIGADE+, AND RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES, SUCH AS CHEST MEASUREMENTS AND EYE-SIGHT TESTS, WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON THE SPOT FOR APPLICANTS.

+AN EVENING OF FOLK DANCE+ AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL

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THE NEW TERRITORIES PRESENTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE STARS DANCE GROUP WILL JOINTLY PRESENT +AN EVENING OF FOLK DANCE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AUDITOR TUM ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 6) AT 7.30 PM.

THE GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE AIM OF TRAINING AND NOURISHING POTENTIAL ARTISTS IN HONG KONG. SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 1973, IT HAS PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS OPEN COMPETITIONS.

TICKETS FOR THIS PERFORMANCE AT $3 (STUDENT TICKET), $5, 87, $10 AND $20 ARE NOW ON SALE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL BOX OFFICE.

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