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MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1978
TUEN MUN ROAD EMERGENCY TELEPHONES IN OPERATION
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SEVENTY-TWO EMERGENCY TELEPHONES ARE NOW IN OPERATION ALONG TUEN MUN ROAD.
ABOUT 500 METRES APART, THE CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE TELEPHONES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY, ALLOWING EASY ACCESS FOR MOTORISTS TRAVELLING IN EITHER DIRECTION.
A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT BASICALLY THERE WERE SIX +RULES OF OPERATION:
* BE SURE TO LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN A SAFE PLACE
BEFORE ALIGHTING TO USE THE TELEPHONE=
* DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE ROAD. USE A TELEPHONE
ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD=
* TO USE THE TELEPHONE, SIMPLY LIFT THE HANDSET. IT
IS A DIRECT LINK WITH THE CONTROL CENTRE-
* WHEN THE EMERGENCY OPERATOR ANSWERS, STATE THE
DETAILS OF YOUR PROBLEM-
* LISTEN CLEARLY TO INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN- AND
* WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE TO ARRIVE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DESIGN OF THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM ENABLED EMERGENCY OPERATORS TO PIN POINT EXACTLY WHICH TELEPHONE WAS BEING USED TO REPORT A PROBLEM,
THE OPERATION IS CONTROLLED FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG POLICE STATION.
OPERATORS ARE ON DUTY 24 HOURS A DAY.
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID HE HOPED MOTORISTS WOULD NOT HESITATE TO MAKE USE OF THE TELEPHONES.
+WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL USE THEM TO REPORT PROBLEMS OR ASK FOR ADVICE, NO MATTER HOW MINOR, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT POLICE WOULD WILLINGLY CONTACT RELATIVES OR ARRANGE GARAGE SERVICES.
THE POLICE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN DRIVING BACK ONTO THE ROAD, AFTER USING THE TELEPHONES.
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