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SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1985
FAMILIARISATION TOURS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE THE COUNTRYSIDE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION: THE ABERDEEN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT; THE ABERDEEN FIRE STATION: THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S MARINE AND OFFSHORE ISLAND DIVISION; THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL CONTROL ROOM: AND THE URBAN COUNCIL'S MARKET COMPLEX.
+AS TWO REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU SOON, ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE LAST MONTH FOR MEMBERS TO VISIT FOUR RCP'S BUILT IN CAUSEWAY BAY, WAN CHAI AND HAPPY VALLEY TO HAVE A LOOK AT THEIR OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO VISIT THE ICAC. RTHK. THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE POST OFFICE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HE ADDED.
FIREMEN SHOW SKILL IN FITNESS CONTEST
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AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAGED A COMPETITION TODAY (SUNDAY) IN CONJUNCTION WITH TVB TO TEST THE ABILITY AND PHYSICAL FITNESS OF FIREMEN IN THE THREE OPERATIONAL FIRE COMMANDS OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
POINTS WERE GIVEN BY A PANEL OF JUDGES CHAIRED BY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER TOM GARDINER TO EACH TEAM FOR EFFICIENCY AND SKILL.
THE FIRST EVENT WAS A FOUR-MAN HOSE DRILL INCORPORATING A BREAKING-IN. EACH PARTICIPATING TEAM COMPRISED A SENIOR FIREMAN AND THREE FIREMEN.
THE SECOND COMPETITION WAS A FOUR-PART RELAY INVOLVING TWO FIREMEN AND TWO AMBULANCEMEN FROM EACH COMMAND.
THE FINAL EVENT WAS A RESCUE OPERATION AND A HYDRAULIC PLATFORM FIRE APPLIANCE AND AN AMBULANCE WITH A FULL CREW WERE DEPLOYED FOR THE CONTEST.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR ALLEN LEE, PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE OVERALL CHAMPION AND WINNERS OF INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.
THE ACTING GENERAL MANAGER OF TVB, MR T.K. HO. LATER PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR ROBERT HOLMES.
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