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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1976
HE SAID THE NEW TOWN HAD ALREADY GROWN TO MORE THAN HALF ITS ULTIMATE SIZE OF 900,000 PEOPLE, WITH A PRESENT POPULATION OF NEARLY 500,000. BY 1983, THE TOWN'S POPULATION WAS EXPECTED TO REACH 800,000.
MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL POPULATION WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, AND WORK WAS ALREADY UNDERWAY ON FOUR NEW ESTATES,
IN ADDITION, TWO OTHER ESTATES LAI KING AND KWAI SHING HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE AND ARE ALREADY PARTLY OCCUPIED. THESE ESTATES WILL HOUSE SOME 57,000 PEOPLE.
TOGETHER
FIRE SERVICES ANNUAL DRILL COMPETITION
NOTE TO EDITORS:
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THE ANNUAL DRILL COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMAND OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL, PAT HEUNG, AT 2.30 P.M. ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 5).
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE DRILLS -- ONE-MAN HYDRANT DRILL, MAJOR PUMP DRILL, 35-FOOT LADDER DRILL, RESCUE ESCAPE DRILL, AND 50-FOOT SNORKEL DRILL.
A TROPHY WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNING DIVISION IN EACH EVENT. AMONG THOSE PRESENTING TROPHIES WILL BE MR. J.W. CHAMBERS, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND MR. M.C. ILLINGWORTH, NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF TO COVER THE COMPETITION. THEY SHOULD MEET MR. H.F. CHUI AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL NOT LATER THAN 2.15 P.M.
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