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THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1976
NEW AMBULANCE STATION FOR CHAI WAN
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL SHORTLY COMMISSION A NEW AMBULANCE STATION IN CHAI WAN TO AUGMENT THE PRESENT EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE AREA.
THIS BRINGS TO TEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AMBULANCE DEPOTS/ STATIONS IN ALL PARTS OF HONG KONG.
SITUATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF BLOCK 2, HING WAH ESTATE, THE STATION OCCUPIES AN AREA OF ABOUT 3,700 SQUARE FEET. IT WILL HAVE A COMPLEMENT OF FOUR AMBULANCES WITH AN AMBULANCE OFFICER AND OVER 20 PERSONNEL.
PART OF THE GROUND FLOOR WILL PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR BARRACK ROOMS, KITCHEN, MESS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WHILE THE MEZZANINE FLOOR WILL BE USED AS AN OFFICE AND A STORE ROOM.
COMMENTING ON THE PROJECT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID: THE NUMBER OF AMBULANCE CALLS RECEIVED HAS BEEN RISING EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF GREATER ACCEPTANCE BY THE PUBLIC OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED.
+THE NEW HING WAH STATION IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE BETTER EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AND WORKERS IN CHAI WAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHERE DEVELOPMENT, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL IS RAPIDLY INCREASING.+
A NUMBER OF OTHER NEW DEPOTS ARE ALSO PLANNED FOR KWAI CHUNG, YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, SHA TIN, NGAU CHI WAN, CHEUNG SHA WAN, QUARRY BAY AND ABERDEEN,
+THE PLANNING OF NEW AMBULANCE DEPOTS OR FIRE STATIONS IS PREPARED AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA,+ THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.
HE SAID THE AIM WAS TO REDUCE TO A MINIMUM THE TIME REQUIRED FOR AN AMBULANCE OR A FIRE APPLIANCE TO ARRIVE AT THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT ON RECEIPT OF A CALL FOR HELP.
MEANWHILE, PILING WORK OF THE TWO-STOREY KWAI CHUNG AMBULANCE DEPOT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
+CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MAY NEXT YEAR,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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