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SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1980
NT FIRE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS
TO COME INTO USE NEXT MONTH
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THE NEW TERRITORIES FIRE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS AND THE NEW SHA TIN DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION BY ITS SIDE WILL COME INTO USE NEXT MONTH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THE COMBINED PROJECT, STANDING ON A 9 000-SQUARE-METRE SITE NEXT TO SHING MUN RIVER IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN, WOULD BE HANDED OVER TO THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THE NEW TERRITORIES FIRE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS IS A TWO-STOREY BUILDING WITH OFFICE ACCOMMODATION FOR FIRE SERVICES STAFF.
THE NEW THREE-STOREY SHA TIN DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION WILL HAVE ROOM FOR 10 FIRE APPLIANCES. THERE WILL ALSO BE DUTY ROOMS, OFFICES, LECTURE ROOMS, BARRACKS ACCOMMODATION FOR ESSENTIAL STAFF ON DUTY, DINING AND RECREATIONAL AREAS AND A STORE FOR DANGEROUS GOODS.
THERE WILL BE A NINE-STOREY DRILL TOWER AT THE YARD FOR FIRE- FIGHTING TRAINING PURPOSES.
+ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE STATION WILL BE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED SHUTTER DOORS WHICH CAN BE OPENED IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS AFTER THE CONTROL SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED, HE SAID,
+THIS WILL REDUCE THE TIME TAKEN BY FIREMEN TO GET TO A FIRE SCENE, HE ADDED.
JAPANESE INVESTMENT MISSION ARRIVES ON TUESDAY
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A JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT STUDY MISSION, COMPRISING TOP EXECUTIVES OF 19 COMPANIES, WILL BEGIN A THREE-DAY FACT FINDING VISIT HERE ON TUESDAY (APRIL 8).
THIS IS THE SECOND MISSION ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG/JAPAN BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE (HK/JBCC). THE FIRST MISSION VISITED HONG KONG LAST DECEMBER.
THE EXECUTIVES' PROGRAMME WILL BEGIN AT THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT WHERE, AFTER A WELCOME BY THE DIRECTOR MR BILL DORWARD, THE PARTY WILL BE BRIEFED BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS LED BY MR T.K. TSE, HEAD OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION- AND BY MR P.K. WONG, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION,
AFTER AN AFTERNOON BRIEFING BY MR JOSEPH WONG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (DEVELOPMENT) AT THE NTA HEADQUARTERS, THE PARTY WILL VISIT SHA TIN AND THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATES.
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