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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1990
GREAT
"THE INDOOR FIRING RANGE WILL OFFER
ADVANTAGES. IT IS COMPUTER-CONTROLLED AND WE WILL BE ABLE то PUT FAR MORE PEOPLE THROUGH IT THAN WE CAN AT PRESENT AT THE OPEN AIR RANGE NEAR THE BORDER.
"IT HAS COME AT A GOOD TIME FOR THE INCREASED NEEDS OF TRAINING AND COURSES."
THE INDOOR RANGE IS DUE то OPEN IN APRIL WITH EIGHT MINI RANGES FOLLOWING SOON AFTER.
THE HEADQUARTERS ALSO INCLUDES FITNESS ROOM, BRIEFING ROOM, AN ASSEMBLY HALL, CIVILIAN STAFF CLUB, OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS MESSES AND BARRACK ACCOMMODATION.
MR SMALLSHAW ADDED: 'THE FORCE WILL BENEFIT GREATLY BY HAVING HEADQUARTERS UNITS TOGETHER AND IT WILL ALLOW BETTER LIAISON BETWEEN THEM. IT IS WELL LOCATED IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATIONS BY BOTH ROAD AND RAIL IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
"IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE WILL BE BASED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PURPOSE BUILT ACCOMMODATION, RATHER THAN IN UNSUITABLE TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION IN TERMS OF BOTH SIZE AND LOCALITY.
"IT MEANS THAT OTHER ACCOMMODATION CAN BE USED BY OTHER UNITS
IN SHA TIN AND TAI PO, ALLOWING THEM MORE SPACE TO WORK.
"THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT RAISING OF MORALE AMONG STAFF WHO ARE NOW WORKING IN GOOD SURROUNDINGS AFTER MANY YEARS IN SUB-STANDARD ACCOMMODATION.
"WE DO NOT FEEL NOSTALGIC ABOUT THE OLD BUILDING. IT HAD A NICE GARDEN, BUT AS A HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IT WAS HOPELESS AND WE ARE NOT SORRY TO LOSE IT."
1,280 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN JANUARY
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A TOTAL OF 1,562 CASUALTIES WAS REPORTED IN 1,280 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH (JANUARY).
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT 286 OF THESE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 700 IN KOWLOON AND 294 IN THE
NEW TERRITORIES.
THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR JANUARY SHOWED THAT 31 PERSONS WERE KILLED, 353 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1,178 SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THESE ACCIDENTS.
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THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES REPRESENTED A DECREASE 12.4 PER CENT AND 18.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE PREVIOUS
MONTH.
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