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TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1962

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DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD, INTERVIEWING OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL VISIT THE SELECTED ESTABLISHMENTS TO COLLECT AND, IF NECESSARY, TO ASSIST IN COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRES.

A SPOKESMAN OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL URGES EMPLOYERS TO CO-OPERATE AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION WHICH WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO FORMULATE TRAINING PLANS FOR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS. EMPLOYERS ARE ALSO ASSURED THAT THE COLLECTED INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 5-455774 OR 5-454002.

OFFICERS PRAISED FOR RESCUE ****

THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, TODAY PRAISED OFFICERS WHO RESCUED TWO WOMEN ASSISTANT OFFICERS AT THE TAI LAM CENTRE FOR WOMEN DURING SERIOUS FLOODING ON SATURDAY.

AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FLOODING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, A NUMBER OF OFFICERS RACED TO RESCUE TWO WOMEN ASSISTANT OFFICERS STRANDED INSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM, WHERE THE FLOOD WATERS HAD REACHED SHOULDER-LEVEL. THE OFFICERS FORCED OPEN THE DOOR, WHICH WAS SHUT TIGHT BY THE PRESSURE OF FLOOD WATER, TO LEAD THE WOMEN TO SAFETY.

SECURITY AT THE CENTRE WAS ALSO AFFECTED AT THE TIME, AS TORRENTS OF WATER RUSHING DOWN THE HILL SWEPT AWAY A 20-METRE LONG SECTION OF THE OUTER WALL AND THE INNER FENCE AT THE SOUTHEASTERN SIDE OF THE CENTRE. PART OF THE WALL OF THE LAUNDRY WAS ALSO SWEPT AWAY.

IN A VISIT TO THE CENTRE THIS MORNING, MR GARNER EXAMINED THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE FLOOD AND DESCRIBED IT AS A SERIOUS SETBACK+ TO THE PROGRAMMES AT THE CENTRE.

MOST OF THE CENTRE WAS FLOODED, AND THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO A NUMBER OF MACHINES IN THE LAUNDRY AND IN THE TAILORING WORKSHOP NEARBY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE DAMAGE COULD AMOUNT TO SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

MR GARNER ALSO EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE QUEEN'S OWN GURKHA ENGINEERS FOR HELPING TO PUT UP A TEMPORARY FENCE AT THE CENTRE.

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