SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1976
AP LEI CHAU FIRE STATION OPENED ******
THE NEW AP LEI CHAU FIRE STATION REPLACING THE FIRE POST ON THE ISLAND WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY.
THE $500,000 STATION WAS OPENED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AP LEI CHAU KAIFÖNG WELFARE ASSOCIATION, MR. HO CHUN-TUNG AT A CEREMONY WHICH WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES MR. FRED WATSON AND THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HONG KONG AND MARINE), MR. ROBERT HOLMES.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR. HO SAID THE NEW STATION MADE THE RESIDENTS ON THE ISLAND FEEL THAT THEIR LIVES AND PROPERTY WERE NOW BETTER PROTECTED.
BUILT ON A 3,000 SQ. FT. SITE ON SAN SHI STREET, THE SINGLE-STOREY STATION ALSO CONTAINS DORMITORY ACCOMMODATION FOR FIRE OFFICERS.
IT WILL BE REPLACED IN A FEW YEARS TIME BY A PERMANENT SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION NEAR THE SITE OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE ON THE ISLAND.
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LADY MACLEHOSE TO ATTEND SUMMER PROGRAMME CLOSING CEREMONY
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
LADY MACLEHOSE WILL ATTEND THE SUMMER PROGRAMME CLOSING CEREMONY AT THE S.K.H. LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 6).
SHE WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO THE WINNERS OF SUMMER YOUTH SPORTS COMPETITIONS AND CERTIFICATES TO THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED VOLUNTEER TRAINING COURSES.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CEREMONY AT THE CENTRE AT 22 WO YI HOP ROAD, NORTH KWAI CHUNG, AT 6 P.M. ON MONDAY.
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