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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1975
FIRE STATION FOR AP LE CHAU
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A TEMPORARY FIRE STATION WILL BE BUILT ON AP LE! CHAU EARLY NEXT YEAR TO REPLACE THE FIRE-POST ON THE ISLAND.
THE SINGLE-STOREY STATION WITH A DORMITORY FOR TWO OFFICERS AND 14 FIREMEN WILL BE BUILT AT THE EASTERN END OF SAN SHI STREET.
ON COMPLETION, IT WILL BE MANNED ROUND THE CLOCK TO GIVE ADDED PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE TO RESIDENTS ON THE ISLAND.
IT WILL BE REPLACED IN A FEW YEARS TIME BY A PERMANENT SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION NEAR THE SITE OF A PROPOSED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE ON THE ISLAND,
TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEMPORARY FIRE-STATION ARE NOW INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE FIRE STATION NOW TO BE BUILT, WITH ITS OWN FIRE APPLIANCE AND MAIN PUMP, WILL ADEQUATELY COPE WITH THE NEEDS OF THE FAST-DEVELOPING ISLAND.
IN CASE THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE HELP. REINFORCEMENT CAN ALWAYS BE BROUGHT IN FROM OTHER FIRE STATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT SET UP IN WAN CHAI ******
THE SOCIAL SECURITY DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS TO SET UP A NEW FIELD UNIT IN WAN CHAI WHICH WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14.
THE UNIT, THE TWENTY-FIFTH TO BE SET UP, WILL TAKE OVER FROM THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIELD UNIT ALL CASES IN THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY PERCIVAL STREET, LEIGHTON ROAD, MORRISON HILL ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, STUDBS ROAD, WONG NEI CHUNG GAP ROAD AND ON THE WEST BY GARDEN ROAD, MAGAZINE GAP ROAD AND BLACK'S LINK.
IT WILL BE LOCATED IN ROOM 11, ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF BLAKE BLOCK IN QUEENSWAY, AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 5-281991.
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