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BUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1987
APART FROM TRAINING DAYS, THE DISTRICT AT REGULAR INTERVALS STAGES EMERGENCY EXERCISES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FIRE SERVICES AND THE MTR CORPORATION. "WE SOMETIMES TAKE ACTUAL EMERGENCIES THAT OCCURRED OVERSEA AND APPLY THEM IN A LOCAL CONTEXT TO TEST OUR
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CO-ORDINATED RESPONSE, SAID MR. CLEMENTS.
THE DISTRICT'S CONTROL ROOM, SITUATED NEXT TO THE MTR CONTROL ROOM, FUNCTIONS IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO A DISTRICT CONSOLE OR REGIONAL COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE. IN AN EMERGENCY, MR. CLEMENTS WOULD MOVE FROM HIS OFFICE IN THE ADJACENT KOWLOON EAST OPERATIONAL BASE TO THE CONTROL ROOM AND DIRECT OPERATIONS FROM THERE, USING A CONSOLE AND TELEVISION MONITOR.
SEPARATE
PRECISELY SPECIAL
THE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT ENABLES THE COMMANDER TO KNOW WHAT HIS RESOURCES ARE AND WHERE HIS OFFICERS ARE LOCATED. RADIO EQUIPMENT ALSO ENABLES CONTROL ROOM STAFF TO LIAISE DIRECTLY WITH SURFACE FORMATIONS.
NEW CONSTITUENCY FACILITATES PROMOTION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NGAU TAU KOK NORTH CONSTITUENCY IN KWUN TONG WOULD HELP FURTHER PROMOTE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION ΤΟ THE FAST GROWING AREA, THE KWUN TONG ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS ROSANNA URE, SAID TONIGHT (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE NGAU TAU KOK WEST MID-AUTUMN CARNIVAL, MRS URE SAID FOLLOWING THE REALIGNMENT OF CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES IN NGAU TAU
THE KOK, THERE WOULD BE FOUR CONSTITUENCIES IN THE AREA
NGAL TAI! KOK EAST, NGAU TAU KOK WEST, PING SHEK AND ΚΑΙ YIP AND THE NEWLY ADDED NGAU TAU KOK NORTH CONSTITUENCY.
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"THE NEW CONSTITUENCY COVERS UPPER NGAU TAU KOK ESTATE, VALLEY ESTATE, AMOY GARDENS, TAK BO GARDENS AND NEARBY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, SHE SAID.
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JORDAN
PRIVATE
MRS URE SAID POPULATION IN NGAU TAU KOK HAD ALREADY REACHED 200,000 AND MANY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE AREA WERE BEING COMPLETED.
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OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND TO FACILITATE THE PROMOTION
ENSURE THAT PROBLEMS IN THE AREA ARE DEALT WITH EFFECTIVELY, MRS URE NOTED.
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EARLIER, MRS URE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE WEST NGAU TAU KOK ARRA COMMITTEE FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY BUILDING AFFAIRS AND THEIR VALUABLE ADVICE GIVEN TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
TONIGHT'S CARNIVAL WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WEST NGAU TAU KOK AREA COMMITTEE, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND ORGANISATIONS, AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
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