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+VERY DETAILED SURVEYS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT ON MANY BULK DOMESTIC LPG INSTALLATIONS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PRESSURE CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND PIPING. DEFECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ON A NUMBER OF THEM AND ARE BEING CORRECTED BY THE COMPANIES CONCERNED.

+PENDING THE PRODUCTION OF NEW CODES OF PRACTICE COVERING THIS WORK, ESSENTIAL INTERIM AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING SPECIFICATIONS ARE BEING INTRODUCED TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW INSTALLATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BETTER STANDARDS WITHOUT DELAY,+ HE SAID.

+A SERIES OF SHORT COURSES COVERING BASIC GAS FITTING SKILLS FOR LPG OPERATIVES HAS ALREADY BEEN DRAWN UP FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE NEXT COLLEGE YEAR. THE GAS COMPANY HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE IR OWN TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, HE SAID.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FOR ANY FURTHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE GAS CONSULTANTS' REPORT. THIS WAS ISSUED IN FULL IN ENGLISH AND THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS IN CHINESE ON JANUARY 21 THIS YEAR. TRANSLATION INTO CHINESE OF THE ENTIRE REPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND COPIES WILL SHORTLY BE AVAILABLE.

WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE

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THE WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HELD ITS FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE IN HENNESSY ROAD AND DISCUSSED JUVENILE CRIME AND VICE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, THE WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WAS ASSUMING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME MOVE, AND HAD ORGANISED NUMEROUS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES IN A BID TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS IN COMBATING CRIME.

HE SAID ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR WILL INCLUDE A BEAT CRIME QUIZ CONTEST, A WALKATHON AND VISIT TO THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL.

PRESENT AT TODAY'S MEETING WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR A.G. COOPER, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (WAN CHAI); MR D.G. ROBINSON, DISTRICT COMMANDER OF THE WAN CHAI POLICE DIVISION MR LAU KIN-YEUK - A POLICE COMMUNITY RELATION OFFICER AND 11 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.

THE UNOFFICIALS WERE LATER PRESENTED WITH LETTERS OF APPRECIATION AND APPOINTMENT BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER, MR ROBINSON. THEY WERE DR CHUNG CHI-YUNG, MÀ HỌ CHO CHIU, MR CHOW SUK-BUT, MISS NG SUI-HING, MR LO YICK-SUN, MR LEE KON, MR CHU WING-KEE, MR CHENG HOK-YIN, MÀ HỌ YUKING, MÀ NG SAI-YING AND MP HO FOOK-CHU.

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