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SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1975
HE SAID: + IF A FIRE DOES OCCUR IN A TALL BUILDING, OUR MAIN RELIANCE WILL BE ON THE BUILT-IN SAFETY FACTORS. PROVIDING THESE SAFETY FACTORS ARE NOT ABUSED, FOR EXAMPLE BY WEDGING OPEN STAIRCASE DOORS, BY BLOCKING STAIRCASES OR DY MAKING ILLEGAL STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS, THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH A FIRE SHOULD BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM,
AS THE MAJORITY OF FIRES IN HONG KONG OCCURRED IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS, HE POINTED OUT,VE'VE GOT LOTS OF EXPERIENCE.*
MR. WOOD SAID A POINT HE HAD PARTICULARLY NOTED IN THE FILM, BUT WHICH A LAYHAN MIGHT OVERLOOK, WAS THE COMMENT OF A WOMAN ABOUT THE LACK OF FIRE DRILL.
HE SAID:* BECAUSE OF COMPLACENCY, FIRE DRILLS ARE TOO OFTEN NEGLECTED OR NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY MANAGEMENTS AND STAFF.+
+HOWEVER, KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE WILL HELP IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY, FOR THIS REASON, I CANNOT OVER-EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRE DRILLS DEING CARRIED OUT REGULARLY IN ALL BUILDINGS,+ MR. WOOD STRESSED.
SIXTH PUMPING STATION FOR HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME
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ANOTHER PUMPING STATION WILL BE BUILT IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA IN CONNECTION WITH THE HIGH ISAND WATER SCHEME.
THE TAI SHUI HANG PUMPING STATION IN SHATIN IS THE SIXTH OF EIGHT PUMPING STATIONS TO BE EUILT UNDER A SCHEME TO DEVELOP THE LOWLAND CATCHMENT AREA IN SAI KUNG PENINSULA.
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WHEN COMPLETED, THIS SUQQTATION WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 5,000,000 GALLONS A DAY. IT VILL DRAW FLOOD WATER FROM THE STREAM SOUTH OF THE TAI SHUI HANG VILLAGE AND PUMP IT THROUGH A 364-METRE PIPELINE TO A POINT WHERE IT WILL FLOW THROUGH THE TUNNEL SYSTEM
INTO THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR.
TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUMPING STATION AND A SHORT ACCESS ROAD WERE INVITED EARLIER THIS WEEK. WORK WILL BEGIN IN TWO MONTHS AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
MEANWHILE, CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE FIVE OTHER PUMPING STATIONS AT SAI KUNG PENINSULA IS WELL UNDERWAY.
IMPROVEMENT WORKS, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF IRRIGATION CHANNELS AND DIVERSION DAMS, HAVE ALSO BEEN CARRIED OUT SO AS TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY TO AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE AREA.
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