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Saturday, February 17, 1973
FOUR NEW FIRE STATIONS FULLY OPERATIONAL
More Are Being Planned
Four new fire stations, which were completed towards the end
of last year, are now in full operation.
They are in Fanling, Cheung Sha Wan, King's Park (Yau Ma Tei)
and Kwai Chung.
Two more stations in Yau Tong and Chung Hom Kok are expected
to go into operation soon following their completion later this month.
With the completion of these two new stations, Hong Kong will
have a total of 37 fire stations →→ 13 on Hong Kong Island, 12 in Kowloon
and 12 in the New Territories.
Some 10 others are being planned.
Meanwhile, work on the new Airport Fire Station, which is to replace
the existing one, will begin shortly.
It is expected to be completed in November.
The resiting of the present station is necessary because it would
be cut off from the rest of the airport by construction works on the
airport tunnel road.
A spokesman for the Fire Services Department said today that all
these new fire stations formed part of an expansion plan designed to
reduce to six minutes the interval between the raising of an alarm
and the arrival of fire engines at the scene anywhere.
The spokesman