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Club also held an Officers' Ball on 26th January, 1957, when a raffle to raise funds for the welfare work of the Club was drawn.
GENERAL
51. The new Sheung Shui Fire Station was officially declared open by the District Commissioner, New Territories, on 4th April, 1956. The station accommodates 2 Land Rover fire appliances and will be able to cover the fire risk in the area to a reasonable extent as the first step in modern fire protection. 52. A small sub-station at Shatin, built by the Shatin Rural Committee, was officially opened on 5th September, 1956. The station accommodates one Land Rover appliance and one trailer pump, which is considered to give adequate fire cover to the area for the time being.
53. Local Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Organizations showed a keen interest in the Fire Service. At the request of these organizations, courses of lectures on firemanship and fire- fighting were given to Scouts and Guides periodically at Central Fire Station and Eastern Fire Station. Each course, consisting of a series of lectures, was well attended and the students were most attentive. On completion of the courses, tests were given and the majority of the students passed out satisfactorily.
54. The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873 was repealed. An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to dangerous goods, cited as the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1956, has come into force.
55. An amendment was made to the Summary Offences Ordinance (Cap. 228) by the addition of a new section 6A requiring that all buildings should be provided with adequate means of escape in the event of fire and enabling the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade to enforce such requirement and that staircases should be kept free of obstructions.
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APPENDICES
I append hereto the following: -
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Graph showing the number of fire calls attended and estimated monetary losses by fire.
Summary of Monthly Inspections.
III. Summary of Ambulance calls attended.
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