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FRIDAY, OCTUBE: 28, 1983

INJURED FIREMEN PRAISED

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DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR FREDERICK WATSON, ACTING CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND ROY WHEATLEY, AND SENIOR DIVISIONAL OFFICER OF KOWLOON EAST PAUL CHAN HOI TODAY VISITED FIREMEN AND OFFICERS INJURED WHILE FIGHTING A FIRE AT A SQUATTER AREA IN ON LOK TSUEN, KWUN TONG, THIS MORNING.

ALSO VISITING THE INJURED MEN WERE DISTRICT OFFICER OF KWUN TONG,

MR KEVIN MAK AND SEVERAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THEY PRAISED THE FIREMEN FOR THEIR FIRE-FIGHTING EFFORTS UNDER HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.

THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT 3 AM AND WAS PUT OUT ABOUT AN HOUR LATER.

THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES AMONG THE RESIDENTS.

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS BEING INVESTIGATED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

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UNION MEMBERS ELECTED TO LABOUR BOARD ****

THREE EMPLOYEES' UNION MEMBERS WERE ELECTED TODAY (FRIDAY) AS EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AS MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1984.

THEY ARE MR SZETO WAH OF HONG KONG PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS' UNION, MR POON CHI-CHING OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON LITHOGRAPHIC WORKERS UNION AND MR WONG WAI-HUNG OF ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT LAND AND ENGINEERING SURVEYING OFFICERS.

THE ELECTION, HELD BY SECRET BALLOT AT THE SCHOOL HALL OF QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL, KOWLOON, WAS SUPERVISED BY OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE BOARD IS A NON-STATUTORY BODY WHICH ADVISES THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ON MATTERS REFERRED TO IT BY HIM, INCLUDING LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. IT COMPRISES SIX EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES AND SIX EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES, WITH THE COMMISSIONER AS CHAIRMAN.

THREE OF THE EMPLOYEES REPRESENTATIVES ARE ELECTED BY REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' UNIONS AND THE OTHER THREE ARE DIRECTLY APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

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