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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1979
SITE FORMATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING IN SHA TIN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $9.6 MILLION CONTRACT TO LINGKING CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. FOR SITE FORMATION WORK WHICH WILL PRODUCE 13.2 HECTARES OF LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE RAPIDLY GROWING SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THE LAND FORMED WOULD ENABLE ACCOMMODATION TO BE PROVIDED FOR ABOUT 28 000 PEOPLE.
IN ADDITION, ANOTHER 2.6 HECTARES OF LAND FORMED WILL BE FOR OPEN SPACE, 1.1 HECTARES FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES AND HALF A HECTARE FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
THE SITE FORMATION WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE VILLAGES OF TIN SAM AND TAI WAI.
THE CONTRACT WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE BOX CULVERTS AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE WAS RECENTLY SIGNED BY MR. K.T. KUO, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND MR. PANG TIN-TZE OF LINGKING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
WORK WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE WORK HAS BEEN DESIGNED, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF PWD.
FIRE WATCH PATROL MEMBERS PRAISED FOR SERVICE TO COMMUNITY
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MEMBERS OF 25 NEWLY FORMED FIRE WATCH PATROLS WERE TODAY (MONDAY) COMMENDED FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SERVICE AT THEIR OWN LEISURE TIME IN SUPPORT OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE NEW PATROLS AT TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE STATION TODAY, THE ACTING CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF KOWLOON, MR. MIKE KINGDOM, SAID THE MAIN DUTIES OF THE PATROLS FORMED BY RESIDENTS IN SQUATTER AREAS AND VILLAGES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG WERE PREVENTION, NOTIFICATION AND POSSIBLE EXTINGUISHING OF FIRE.
MR. KINGDOM SAID FIRE PREVENTION COULD BE DONE THROUGH CONTINUOUS SURVEILLANCE AND BY DRAWING RESIDENTS' ATTENTION TO POSSIBLE RISKS, AND ADVISING THEM ON PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO MINIMISE À FIRÉ RISK.
HE SAID WITH CONSTANT VIGILANCE, FIRES WOULD BE DETECTED IN AN EARLY STAGE. AND, WITH PROMPTNESS IN RAISING THE ALARM, NOTIFICATION TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES, AIDING OTHER PEOPLE TO EVACUATE THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY AND TACKLING THE FIRE WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES, FIRE WATCH PATROLS WOULD HELP MINIMISE THE LOSS OF PROPERTY AND POSSIBLY SAVE LIVES.
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