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THE CONSTABLE WAS BRIEFLY POSTED TO TSIM SHA TSUI AFTER PASSING OUT FROM POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN 1976. AFTER THAT HE WAS WITH EMERGENCY UNIT KOWLOON WEST FOR FOUR YEARS DURING WHICH HE ANSWERED VARIED CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE THAT INCLUDED HELPING A YOUNG WOMAN GIVE BIRTH.
IN 1980 CONSTABLE CHEUNG RESIGNED TO TRY ANOTHER CAREER. HE WORKED AS AN INSURANCE SALESMAN DURING THAT PERIOD BUT RETURNED TO POLICE WORK A YEAR LATER - AS A BEAT DUTY OFFICER IN TAI KOK TSUI.
AND IT WAS IN JULY 1993 THAT CONSTABLE CHEUNG RECEIVED HIS FIRST COMMENDATION.
THIS WAS THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION FOR RESCUING A WOM AN FROM THE STORMY WATERS OFF TAI KOK TSUI WATERFRONT.
LIBRARY IN FULL SWING BY MID-YEAR ******
HONG KONG'S LARGEST PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY WILL SWING INTO FULL OPERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT LIBRARY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE, COMPLETED AND OPENED LAST
THE SECOND NOVEMBER, REPROVISIONED THE WATERLOO ROAD LIBRARY. PHASE, DUE FOR COMPLETION BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR, WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE SERVICES, AUDIO-VISUAL FACILITIES AND AN ADULT EXTENSION ACTIVITIES ROOM.
THE $26.68 MILLION LIBRARY, AT PUI CHING ROAD IN HO MAN TIN, CONSISTS OF 12 FLOORS AND HAS A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 4 000 SQUARE METRES.
UPON FULL COMPLETION, THE LIBRARY WILL PROVIDE A BASIC STOCK OF 250 000 BOOKS, INCLUDING 50 000 REFERENCE BOOKS, 150 000 ADULT BOOKS AND 50 000 JUNIOR BOOKS, ACCORDING TO THE LIBRARIAN
MR (ADMINISTRATION) OF THE URBAN COUNCIL PUBLIC LIBRARIES, MAK KIN-LAM.
APART FROM OFFERING A LENDING AND REFERENCE SERVICE, THE KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY ALSO INCLUDED AN AUDIO-VISUAL LIBRARY PROVIDING OVER 9 000 ITEMS OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS IN VIDEO- CASSETTE TAPES, AUDIO-CASSETTE TAPES, RECORDS, COMPACT DISCS, SLIDES AND MICROFILMS, MR MAK SAID. SOME 3 000 CASSETTE TAPĖS ARE AVAILABLE FOR HOME LENDING.
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