SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1976
NEW AMBULANCE DEPOT OPENED
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MR. CHAN LING-FUNG, CHAIRMAN OF KENNEDY TOWN AND WESTERN DISTRICT AREA COMMITTEE, OFFICIALLY OPENED THE MOUNT DAVIS AMBULANCE DEPOT AT LUNG WAH STREET, WESTERN, THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
HE WAS WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR. FRED WATSON, AND THE CHIEF AMBULANCE OFFICER, MR. BILL DOORE.
IN A SHORT SPEECH, HE SAID THE OCCASION MARKED A FURTHER STEP FORWARD IN PROVIDING A MODERN AND EFFICIENT AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
+THIS NEW DEPOT, BUILT AT A COST OF $2.8 MILLION AND CLOSE TO QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED ACCOMMODATION FOR AMBULANCES SERVING THE WESTERN AREAS OF HONG KONG ISLAND,+ MR. CHAN SAID.
HE SAID AT PRESENT THE AMBULANCE COMMAND OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED UPON TO DEAL WITH ABOUT 400 CALLS EVERY DAY.
AFTER UNVEILING A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE, MR. CHAN SWITCHED ON THE DEPOT'S ALARM BELL TO TURN OUT AN AMBULANCE TO DEAL WITH A +NON-EMERGENCY CASE+.
THE DEPOT, WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR EIGHT AMBULANCES AND A STAFF OF ABOUT 50, OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 16,000 SQ. FT. THE BUILDING IS OF ELEVEN FLOORS AND HAS QUARTERS FOR OFFICERS AND THE RANK AND FILE.
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