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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 20, 1939.

No. 960.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

The following Corps Orders providing for increased training for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps are published for general information.

19th October, 1939.

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

(1) H.K.V.D.C. Training Camps will be held in November and December, 1939 as follows:-

(a) 1st Camp-Fanling

Corps Signals

No. 1 Company

No. 2 Company (Scottish)

No. 5 Company (Portuguese)

No. 7 Company (Chinese) Pay Section

(b) 2nd Camp--Fanling

Field Company Engineers

Mobile Column

No. 3 Company

No. 4 Company (Chinese)

Army Service Corps Company

Field Ambulance Pay Section

(e) 1st Artillery Camp

1st Battery

4th Battery

No. 6 Company (Portuguese)

(d) 2nd Artillery Camp

5th (Anti-Aircraft) Battery

(e) 3rd Artillery Camp

2nd Battery

3rd Battery

P.M. Wed. 8th November

to

P.M. Wed. 15th November

P.M. Thur. 16th November

to

P.M. Thur. 23rd November

P.M. Fri. 24th November

to

P.M. Fri. 1st December

P.M. Sat, 2nd December

to

P.M. Sat. 9th December

P.M. Wed. 13th December

to

P.M. Wed. 20th December

(2) Officers and Volunteers will be required to report on the evening of the day the camp commences and will be dismissed in the late afternoon of the last day.

(3) Each camp lasts seven days and Officers and

Volunteers are required to attend for the whole of the seven days during which their units are under training.

(4) Each unit will be under training for only one period. of seven days during November and December.