SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1982
+PRESENTLY, THE BRIGADE IS EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO MEET THE EVER GROWING DEMAND OF THE NEW TOWNS AND THREE MORE COMBINED ASSOCIATION TRAINING CENTRES AND BRIGADE DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN TSUEN WAN, TAI PO AND YUEN LONG BEFORE THE END OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR. THE FIRST SUCH COMBINED CENTRE IN SHA TIN WAS OPENED LAST YEAR. ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT HAS FINANCED THE BUILDING OF THESE CENTRES, MANY BENEFACTORS HAVE DONATED GENEROUSLY TOWARDS THE COST OF FITTING OUT THE NEW PREMISES AND THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT. IN THESE AND OTHER CENTRES, THE BRIGADE WILL ENSURE THAT MEMBERS ARE KEPT UP-TO-DATE ON MODERN FIRST AID TECHNIQUES.
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT, UNDER THE ABLE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMISSIONER, MR CHIU, AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ST JOHN COUNCIL, MR MARDEN, THE BRIGADE WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY NEW CHALLENGE WITH ITS TRADITIONAL ENTHUSIASM AND INNOVATIVE INGENUITY,
+1 CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU ON PARADE THIS MORNING ON YOUR EXCELLENT BEARING AND APPEARANCE AND I WISH YOU EVERY SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.+
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES TO GO METRIC
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THE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES INDUSTRY WILL BE THE NEXT TO GO METRIC FOLLOWING THE PIECE GOODS AND TAILORING TRADES, THE METRICATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY).
AS FROM TOMORROW, TV SCREENS WILL BE MEASURED IN CENTIMETRES' INSTEAD OF INCHES, AND REFRIGERATOR CAPACITIES WILL BE EXPRESSED IN LITRES' RATHER THAN CUBIC FEET".
+REFRIGERATORS AND TV SETS ARE TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES IN THE TRADE, SAID THE COMMITTEE'S SPOKESMAN, +AND IT WILL BE MOST SUITABLE TO START OFF THE TRADE'S METRICATION PROGRAMME WITH THESE TWO.+
HE SAID AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WORKING PANEL HAD ALREADY BEEN FORMED UNDER THE METRICATION COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE MATTERS ARISING FROM THE CHANGEOVER PROCESS OF THESE TWO APPLIANCES.
THE CONVERSION OF OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WOULD BE TACKLED AT A LATER STAGE, HE ADDED.
HE SAID: THE ENTIRE CONVERSION PROCESS WOULD TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
+BY THEN, ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WILL BE SOLD IN METRIC UNITS, HE SAID.
/THE SPOKESMAN
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