FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1990
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AIRPORT RESCUE VESSEL COMMISSIONED
COST $10 A NEW AIRPORT RESCUE VESSEL, CIVIL AVIATION 3, WHICH
(FRIDAY) COMMISSIONED BY THE MILLION TO BUILD AND EQUIP, WAS TODAY SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN.
THE
23-METRE,
ALUMINIUM
CATAMARAN,
WAS BUILT IN A LOCAL WAS BROUGHT INTO
SHIPYARD AND REPLACES THE EXISTING CATAMARAN WHICH SERVICE IN 1973.
SPEAKING AT THE
MRS CEREMONY, COMMISSIONING
GOVERNMENT CATAMARAN WAS THE FASTEST FIRE BOAT IN THE FIRE-FIGHTING BOAT WITH RESCUE FACILITIES IN HONG KONG.
CHAN SAID THE AND THE ONLY
25 KNOTS WHICH IT HAS A MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SPEED IN EXCESS OF
IF REQUIRED ΤΟ,
LEI YUE
ITS MEANS THAT IT COULD,
MUN FROM MOORING POSITION AT THE AIRPORT SUR-FIRE STATION WITHIN SEVEN MINUTES.
REACH
IT IS
HIGHLY
MANEUVERABLE
PERSONS ON BOARD PLUS 260 ON EIGHT RESCUE A FULL PASSENGER LOAD OF A EVER BE NECESSARY.
BUT ST. BLE, LIFE
KAFTS.
747 BOEING
AND CAN
250 IT COULD THEREFORE AIRCRAFT SHOULD THIS
CARRY
CONSTRUCT THIS
10 MONTHS "IT HAS TAKEN
TO
VESSEL EXACTING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS SPECIFIED BY OUR CIVIL AVIATION, SERVICES AND MARINE DEPARTMENT, SHE SAID.
WITH THIS LATEST ADDITION
FLEET OF APPLIANCES,
то
THE FIRE
MRS CHAN
то SAID
THE AIRPORT FIRE
THE
CONTINGENT'S TO GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY ACCIDENT AT OR AROUND THE
RESPOND PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY TO ANY AIRPORT WOULD BE ENHANCED.
CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY A SINGLE SHE NOTED THAT DESPITE THE
AREA, KAI TAK HAD RUNWAY IN THE MIDST OF A VERY DENSELY POPULATED
PRESSURES OF AIR TRAFFIC COPED REMARKABLY WELL WITH THE INCREASING GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS.
AT "THE GOVERNMENT HAS SPARED NO EFFORTS TO IMPROVE FACILITIES
GO то THE MEN AND THE AIRPORT BUT A GREAT DEAL OF THE CREDIT MUST WOMEN
UNDER VERY TRYING
WHO WORK AT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
SOMETIMES AIRPORT,
THE MRS CHAN PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DIRECTOR AND HIS STAFF AND TO
THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE STAFF OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
MANY FORCE, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THE
THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO CO-OPERATED IN ENSURING OF SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY AT THE AIRPORT.
SAID.
"WE HAVE A RECORD OF WHICH ALL CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY
PROUD, SHE
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