MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1989
ANNUAL BORDER LIAISON REVIEW MEETING
A GROUP OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LED BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR DICK CLIFT, TODAY (MONDAY) LEFT FOR SWATOW FOR A VISIT AT THE INVITATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE. THEY WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 261).
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ANNOUNCING THIS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID ATTEND THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF BORDER LIAISON ARRANGEMENTS.
THE BORDER LIAISON SYSTEM PROVIDES FOR EXCHANGES INFORMATION ON CONTROL AT THE BORDER BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND CUSTOMS EXCISE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR GUANGDONG COUNTERPARTS, HE SAID.
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THE SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1981. SINCE THEN, REVIEWS BEEN HELD ALTERNATELY IN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG. THE LAST ONE TOOK PLACE IN HONG KONG.
NEW FIRE STATION, AMBULANCE DEPOT TIMELY
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW FIRE STATION AND A NEW AMBULANCE DEPOT IN POK FU LAM IS TIMELY TO SERVE THE EVER-DEVELOPING SOUTHERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND ITS GROWING POPULATION, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, DR LEONG CHE-HUNG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE JOINT OPENING CEREMONY OF THE POK FU LAM FIRE STATION AND THE AMBULANCE DEPOT, DR LEONG SAID THE NEW STATION WOULD NO DOUBT ENABLE FIREMEN TO ACHIEVE THE TARGET OF REACHING A PIRE SCENE IN THE AREA WITHIN SIX MINUTES OF AN ALARM BEING RAISED.
"NOBODY APPRECIATES THE NEED OF QUICK SERVICES IN SAVING LIVES MORE THAN A DOCTOR AND A HEALTH WORKER, AND I AM SURE YOU WOULD SHARE MY FEELINGS THAT EVERY MINUTE COUNTS WHENEVER HUMAN LIFE IS AT STAKE, HE SAID.
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DR LEONG ADDED THAT IT WAS FOR THE SAME REASON THAT THE POK LAM AMBULANCE DEPOT WAS PLANNED AND BUILT.
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"THERE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM OF STRAIN ON AMBULANCE STAFF ON HONG KONG ISLAND SINCE THERE WERE ONLY FOUR AMBULANCE DEPOTS IN THE PAST AND CALLS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND COULD ONLY BE HANDLED BY AMBULANCES DEPLOYED FROM THE ABERDEEN AND CHUNG HOM KOK FIRE STATIONS," HE SAID.
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