Tuesday, September 18, 1973
TEMPORARY FIRE STATION FOR AIRPORT
A temporary fire station is to be built shortly at Kai Tak
Airport to provide better access to areas on the tarmac and the runway
in case of accidents.
To be sited on the newly reclaimed land to the east of the runway,
it will replace the existing one which is gradually being cut off from the
rest of the airport because of the construction of the airport tunnel.
A small fire sub-station together with an electrical sub-station
will also be built near the seawall to serve both the temporary station
and the future permanent station.
The temporary station will be a single-storey structure with all
the usual fire station facilities. Eight fire engines and 25 firemen and
officers will be stationed there round the clock. Another four fire
engines will also be accommodated at the fire sub-station.
A government spokesman explained today that it was necessary to
build the temporary station because the freshly reclaimed land was not yet
suitable for piling work associated with the permanent station.
"A recent site investigation shows that piling work could probably
begin in about two years time," he said.
Work on the temporary station is expected to start next month and
will take about three months to complete.
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