SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1985
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FIRE ENGINEERS PLAN OIL FIELD VISIT
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THE HONG KONG CHAPTER OF FIRE ENGINEERS IS PLANNING TO VISIT THE SOUTH SEA OIL FIELD IN HAINAM ISLAND, THE OUT-GOING PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FIRE ENGINEERS, HONG KONG BRANCH (IFE), MR WOO KWAN-KUEN SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE INSTITUTE'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, MR WOO, WHO IS ALSO ACTING CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND, SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO VISIT TO THE OIL FIELD DURING HIS TERMS OF OFFICE BECAUSE OF SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS.
HE HOPED THE INCOMING COUNCIL WOULD PURSUE THE MATTER.
MR WOO ALSO SAID THAT 44 MEMBERS HAD PASSED THE VARIOUS GRADES OF IFE EXAMINATIONS, SCORING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PASS RATES AMONG ALL OVERSEAS BRANCHES.
HE SAID THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF IFE WOULD TAKE PART IN THE ASIAN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND FIRE EXPOSITION AND CONFERENCE (AISEC'85) AND ALSO THE 3RD SOUTH EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC FIRE SAFETY CONFERENCE (SEAPAC) TO BE HELD IN SINGAPORE IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.
AT THE MEETING, MR G.V. ALLAWAY WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE IFE HONG KONG BRANCH FOR THE COMING YEAR. MR ALLAWAY IS THE DIVISIONAL COMMANDER OF KOWLOON SOUTH DIVISION OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
CHILDREN'S ART WORKS ON SHOW
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ABOUT 600 HANDICRAFTS AND PAINTINGS BY SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM MORE THAN 40 SCHOOLS IN WONG TAI SIN WILL BE ON DISPLAY ON TUESDAY (APRIL 23) AT THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE.
THE TWO-DAY EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY THE SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE OF WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT WITH SPONSORSHIP OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD.
THE EXHIBITS INCLUDE POTTERY WARES, CHINESE AND WESTERN PAINTINGS, PAPER MODELS, ENGRAVINGS AND HANDICRAFT MADE OF RATTAN, WOOD, STRAW AND FOAM RUBBER.
/A SPOKESMAN
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