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FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1989

RECRUITMENT FOR STATION OFFICERS, FIREMEN AND AMBULANCEMEN

CURRENTLY CONDUCTING

THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR STATION OFFICERS, FIREMEN AND AMBULANCEMEN.

INTEREST

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"WE ARE OFFERING A CAREER WITH VARIETY. OPPORTUNITY TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, A SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID,

AND

FIRE

UNDER

FOR STATION OFFICERS AND FIREMEN, AN APPLICANT SHOULD BE 30 YEARS OF AGE, HAVE GOOD PHYSIQUE AND NORMAL EYESIGHT. AND SPEAK FLUENT CANTONESE.

HE SHOULD BE 168 CENTIMETRES TALL OR ABOVE AND WEIGH AT LEAST 55 KILOGRAMS. HIS CHEST MEASUREMENT SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 86 CENTIMETRES DEFLATED, WITH AN EXPANSION OF AT LEAST FIVE CENTIMETRES.

THE MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION REQUIRED FOR FIREMEN IS SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF FORM THREE AND APPLICANTS FOR STATION OFFICERS MUST POSSESS AT LEAST FIVE SUBJECTS INCLUDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE (SYLLABUS B) AT GRADE E OR ABOVE IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO JOIN THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS AN AMBULANCEMAN SHOULD BE UNDER 30 YEARS OF AGE, HAVE GOOD PHYSIQUE AND FIVE YEARS' CONTINUOUS RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG AND MUST BE ABLE TO SPEAK FLUENT CANTONESE AND READ AND WRITE CHINESE.

HE SHOULD BE WITHIN THE HEIGHT RANGE OF 165 TO 191 CENTIMETRES AND CORRESPONDING WEIGHT RANGE OF 52 TO 86.75 KILOGRAMS IN A SPECIFIC PROPORTIONAL HEIGHT AND WEIGHT SCALE.

HIS CHEST MEASUREMENT SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 84 CENTIMETRES DEFLATED, WITH AN EXPANSION OF AT LEAST FIVE CENTIMETRES.

THE MINIMUM ACADEMIC

QUALIFICATION REQUIRED IS

SATISFACTORY

COMPLETION OF FORM THREE.

THE STARTING SALARY FOR FIREMEN VARIES FROM PER MONTH DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS AND RISES TO $7,150.

$4,496

A

ΤΟ $4.940 MAXIMUM OF

FOR STATION OFFICERS, THE STARTING SALARY VARIES FROM $9,275 TO $11,530, AGAIN DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS AND THE MAXIMUM SALARY IS $20,490,

THE STARTING SALARY FOR AN AMBULANCEMAN RANGES FROM $4,355 TO $4,790, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS, AND RISE TO $6,935.

ALL RECRUITS WILL RECEIVE PROPER TRAINING AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

APPLICATION FORMS (GF 3401 ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO THE RECRUITMENT UNIT, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, 1 HONG CHONG ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, KOWLOON.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE TO THE RECRUITMENT UNIT

ON 3-7337619.

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