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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1981
THE CENTRE PROVIDES CANTEEN SERVICE, LAUNDRY AND BATHING FACILITIES, MEALS-ON-WHEELS, HOME HELP SERVICES AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR OLD PEOPLE LIVING IN THE EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG.
IT ALSO ORGANISES SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR OLD PEOPLE LIVING 1 YUE WAN ESTATE IN CHAI WAN, WHERE THE CENTRE IS LOCATED.
MR ALLEYNE THEN WENT TO THE HING WAH SOCIAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN SERVICE, AN EXTENSION OF THE METHODIST EPWORTH VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTRE.
THE CENTRE PROVIDES MAINLY RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR CHILDREN IN HING WAH ESTATE AND ITS VICINITY, AND HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF 219.
FIREBOAT ATTRACTS STUDENTS
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A NEW $10-MILLION FIRE BOAT BERTHED AT QUEEN'S PIER, WAS THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION AT A CAREERS SHOW STAGED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT EDINBURGH PLACE TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE SHOW, AS PART OF THE CAREERS '82 EXHIBITION AT THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL, WAS AIMED AT HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR F.M. WATSON, WAS PRESENT AT THE SHOW THIS MORNING.
STUDENTS TAKEN ON CONDUCTED TOURS OF THE VESSEL SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN THE SPECIAL DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING A MARINE SNORKEL.
ON DISPLAY WERE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES USED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR VARIOUS DUTIES, RANGING FROM COMBATTING FIRES TO LANDSLIDES, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, HOUSE COLLAPSES, MOUNTAIN RESCUES AS WELL AS LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS.
THERE WAS ALSO A PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY.
A TEMPORARY RECRUITMENT CENTRE WAS SET UP AT THE EXHIBITION.
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