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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1985

DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL PHASES WILL BE PUBLICISED THROUGH POSTERS, TV SLIDES, RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS.

+MEN IN THESE AGE GROUPS ARE ADVISED TO WATCH OUT FOR THE IR TURNS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

DURING THE FIRST CYCLE OF THE SCHEME A TOTAL OF 1 047 000 NEW CARDS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO MEN BORN BETWEEN 1948 AND 1965.

+WE HOPE THAT THE COMING CYCLE WILL RECEIVE JUST AS MUCH SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION FROM THE TARGET GROUPS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

+THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE IS EASY AND SIMPLE, TAKING ONLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES, HE ADDED.

APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING ALONG THE IR OLD .D. CARDS WHEN THEY VISIT ANY ONE OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9.30 PM, MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS.

DIVER WITH A SPECIAL TASK *****

TO STATION OFFICER WONG SHIU-HUNG, DIVING IS A YEAR-ROUND LIFE-SAVING TASK, OFTEN IN MURKY WATER AND INCLEMENT WEATHER,

BUT MR WONG GETS GREAT JOB SATISFACTION.

+EACH TIME I EMERGE FROM THE WATER AFTER A SUCCESSFUL MISSION, SAY AFTER SAVING A HALF-DROWNED CHILD, I FEEL IMMENSELY GRATIFIED,+ HE SAID.

ATTACHED TO A FIRE BOAT BERTHED AT TSING YI, MR WONG IS ONE OF THE NINE DIVING INSTRUCTORS OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

HE WAS AWARDED THE QUEEN'S COMMENDATION FOR COURAGEOUS ACTION DURING THE JUMBO FLOATING RESTAURANT FIRE IN ABERDEEN IN 1971.

+FIRE SERVICES DIVERS ARE USUALLY DESPATCHED TO RESERVOIRS, TYPHOON SHELTERS, FISH PONDS, NULLAHS AND THE WATERFRONT FOR UNDERWATER SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS, SAID MR WONG, WHO HAS SERVED IN THE DIVING TEAM FOR 14 YEARS,

THESE ARE THE SITES WHERE MOST DROWNINGS OCCUR. IN MANY OF THESE PLACES, THE SEABED IS SILTED AND THE UNDERWATER VISIBILITY POOR.

/+HE FIRST