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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1990
TSUEN WAN AMBULANCE DEPOT OFFICIALLY OPENED
THE TSUEN
THE SIXTH AMBULANCE DEPOT IN NEW TERRITORIES WEST WAN AMBULANCE DEPOT WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN, TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR CHAU SAID THE OPENING OF THE DEPOT INDICATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS KEEPING PACE WITH THE EVER-INCREASING DEMANDS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT.
HE NOTED THAT IN THE PAST, AMBULANCE SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT HAD TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LEI MUK SHUE AND TSING YI AMBULANCE DEPOTS.
"I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL EXPAND ITS EFFICIENT FLEET OF AMBULANCE AID MOTORCYCLES, STEP UP TRAINING FOR AMBULANCEMEN AND INTRODUCE SOPHISTICATED AMBULANCE-AID EQUIPMENT," HE SAID.
MR CHAU SAID HE WAS CONVINCED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD SPARED NO EFFORT IN PROVIDING AMBULANCE SERVICES AND THAT THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC COULD BE FURTHER ENSURED.
THE NEW DEPOT, LOCATED IN WAI TSUEN ROAD BEHIND LUK YEUNG SUN CHUEN, CURRENTLY HAS SIX AMBULANCES, ONE AMBULANCE AID MOTORCYCLE AND 62 AMBULANCE PERSONNEL.
SINCE ITS COMMISSION IN MAY LAST YEAR, THE DEPOT HAS RESPONDED TO NEARLY 12,000 CALLS INVOLVING MORE THAN 14,000 PATIENTS.
REPROVISIONING OF KLN BAY PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA
AUTHORISATION HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ RECLAIM A STRIP OF LAND FROM THE SEAWALL ADJACENT TO HOI BUN ROAD FOR THE REPROVISIONING OF KOWLOON BAY PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA.
THE EXISTING PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA HAS TO BE MAKE WAY FOR THE KAI TAK AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
RELOCATED TO
WORK WILL COMMENCE NEXT MONTH AND WILL BE COMPLETED MID 1991,
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THE EXTENT OF THE AREA AFFECTED WAS DESCRIBED IN A NOTICE OF AUTHORISATION PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
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