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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1991

269 VM'S RETURN TO VIETNAM

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A GROUP OF 269 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

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COMPRISING 82 MEN, 68 WOMEN, 61 BOYS AND 58 GIRLS, THEY WERE

THE 76TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 5,800 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND ΤΟ 12,096 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

FIRE SERVICES RECRUITING STATION OFFICERS

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MEASURE TO

THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN A TEMPORARY RELAX ONE OF ITS PHYSICAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR STATION OFFICER IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE SUITABLE YOUNG MEN TO JOIN THE SERVICE.

THE RELAXATION IS THAT APPLICANTS DO NOT HAVE CENTIMETRES DURING CHEST INFLATION AT PHYSICAL TEST.

TO EXPAND FIVE

THE ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HEADQUARTERS), MR LAM CHUN-MAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT IN THE LAST 15 MONTHS, OF THE 39 APPLICANTS WHO FAILED THE CHEST MEASUREMENT, 16 FAILED FIVE-CENTIMETRE CHEST EXPANSION.

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"THE MAIN REASON FOR THEIR FAILURE IS THAT THEY DO NOT HOW TO EXPAND FIVE CENTIMETRES DURING CHEST INFLATION, HE SAID.

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"THOSE WHO HAD FAILED IN THE CHEST

INFLATION REQUIREMENT ARE

BEING INVITED TO APPLY AGAIN.

"THE APPOINTED CANDIDATES WILL BE GIVEN PROPER PHYSICAL TRAINING AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SUBJECT TO PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENTS TRAINING,' HE ADDED.

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SCHOOL AND THEY WILL BE BEFORE THE END OF THEIR

MR LAM SAID YOUNG MEN WISHING TO JOIN THE SERVICE AS A STATION OFFICER COULD VISIT THE DEPARTMENT'S RECRUITMENT CENTRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, 1 HONG CHONG ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.

THE CENTRE IS OPEN FROM 9 AM TO NOON AND FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM ON MONDAY TO FRIDAY, AND FROM 9 AM TO 11 AM ON SATURDAY.

STAFF THERE WILL GIVE ON-THE-SPOT EXAMINATION ON APPLICANTS' PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EYESIGHT AND ASSIST THEM TO FILL IN THE APPLICATION FORMS,

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TEL. 733 7519.

/THE WEIGHT