XN000022-1992-06-30 — Page 16

15

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1992

THE ROOF RIDGES, GABLE WALLS AND WALL WITH LEAF AND GEOMETRIC PLASTER MOULDINGS.

FRIEZES ARE DECORATED

THE DILAPIDATED BUILDING NEEDS EMERGENCY REPAIR WHICH WILL BE CARRIED OUT SHORTLY BY THE ANTIQUITIES SECTION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

MEMENTO TO RETIRING FIRE CHIEF

+

THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES (DESIGNATE) MR LAM CHEK-YUEN, TODAY (TUESDAY) PRESENTED A RETIRING MEMENTO TO THE OUTGOING DIRECTOR, MR JOHN MARCH.

MR LAM WILL SUCCEED MR MARCH AS THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES FROM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

AT A BRIEF FAREWELL PARTY HELD IN THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS TODAY, MR LAM, ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE STAFF OF THE SERVICES, PRESENTED THE SOUVENIR TO MR MARCH AND WISHED HIM AND MRS MARCH A HAPPY RETIREMENT.

MR LAM PRAISED MR MARCH FOR HIS VALUABLE SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT DURING HIS 30 YEAR'S SERVICE IN FIRE SERVICES.

MR MARCH JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS A FIRE SERVICE STATION OFFICER IN MAY 1962. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CHIEF FIRE OFFICER IN MARCH 1981, DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN APRIL 1984 AND DIRECTOR IN DECEMBER 1987.

MR MARCH WAS AWARDED ISO IN 1989, QFSM IN 1983 AND CPM IN 1976.

0

GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY UNDER WAY

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO CONDUCT THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DURING THE QUARTER FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER

THIS YEAR.

THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED ON A CONTINUAL BASIS SINCE AUGUST 1981, COLLECTS INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, AND THE GENERAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION.

/IN ADDITION