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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1985

POLICE TRAINING CAMP REDEVELOPMENT

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REDEVELOPMENT WORK ON THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT TRAINING CAMP AT FANLING WILL BEGIN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1987/88, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY, SAID LAST (THURSDAY) ́NIGHT,

SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE CAMP, MR HENRY SAID THE PROJECT WILL COST ABOUT $95 MILLION. DURING THE WORKS PERIOD, THE PTU WILL MAKE A TEMPORARY MOVE TO THE NEW TERRITORIES DEPOT.

MR HENRY SAID THE BLUE BERETS HAD MADE THEIR MARK, INDELIBLY, IN HONG KONG ANNALS NOT ONLY THROUGH HELPING IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER BUT ALSO FOR THEIR INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE DURING TIMES OF CRISIS.

''AS A RESULT, FEW PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE FINE REPUTATION THAT OUR BLUE BERETS HAVE, AND ALL WHO HAVE PASSED THROUGH THESE PORTALS ARE WELL DESERVING OF THE HIGH ESTEEM IN WHICH OUR PTU OFFICERS ARE HELD BY THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

ON PARADE YESTERDAY WERE 170 WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED 10 WEEKS WEEK ATTACHMENT TO WEST KOWLOON.

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MEMBERS OF FOXTROT COMPANY, TRAINING TO EQUIP THEM FOR A 20-

MEDAL FOR MARINE SUPERVISOR

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A WORKS SUPERVISOR OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, MR TANG SHIU- YING, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL BY THE QUEEN ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 36 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR CHAN YUE-YAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.

MR TANG JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS A LIGHTHOUSE MECHANIC IN MAY 1948.

THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS OF SERVICE, MR TANG PERFORMED HIS DUTIES WITH COMPLETE DEVOTION AND HIS EFFICIENT SERVICE WAS MUCH VALUED BY THE DEPARTMENT, MR CHAN SAID.

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