FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1984
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NEW FIRE STATION FOR KOWLOON BAY
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A FIRE STATION WILL BE BUILT ON A 3 000-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT KOWLOON BAY.
IT WILL HAVE AN APPLIANCE ROOM FOR 10 ENGINES, DUTY AND SERVICE ROOMS, A COMMUNICATIONS ROOM, OFFICES, LECTURE ROOMS, A CANTEEN, A RECREATION ROOM AND A BARRACKS.
A DRILL YARD AND DRILL TOWER WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
THE FIRE STATION WHICH WILL BE THREE STOREYS HIGH WILL PROVIDE COVER TO EAST KOWLOON, PARTICULARLY TO THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL AND TAKE 10 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
VARIETY SHOW FOR RESIDENTS, WORKERS
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RESIDENTS AND WORKERS OF KWUN TONG DISTRICT WILL BE ENTERTAINED TO A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING LOCAL SINGERS AND ARTISTES TANG YING-MAN HAPPY CHAN HOI-SUM, PANG KIN-SUN, LEE LUNG-KEI, YEUNG SIU-CHING, RITA CARPIO, LUI FONG AND CHIANG HING-LUNG.
THE SHOW WILL BE HELD AT THE MAIN SQUARE OF TELFORD GARDENS, KOWLOON BAY, AT 3 PM ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 26).
THE SHOW WILL BE STAGED BY THE GIS MOBILE STREET THEATRE TO MARK THE CLOSING OF +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+, AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EXHIBITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD.
+SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+ A 15-MINUTE SLIDE SHOW WHICH IS A MAJOR ITEM OF THE EXHIBITION, HAS ATTRACTED MANY STUDENTS FROM NEARBY SCHOOLS AND WORKERS FROM THE DISTRICT WHILE A SPECIAL COMPUTERISED GAME BOOTH WAS PARTICULARLY POPULAR WHICH CHILDREN.
VISITORS TO THE EXHIBITION WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A DRAW WITH ATTRACTIVE PRIZES. THE LUCKY NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN BY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AT THE VARIETY SHOW.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.
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