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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1991
IN ORDER TO REACH THE LOCATION WHERE THE WORKERS WERE REPORTED MISSING SIX OFFICERS WITH BREATHING APPARATUS HAD TO TRAVEL ABOUT 30-METRE THROUGH FLIGHTS OF SLIPPERY, UPRIGHT AND NARROW LADDERS.
MR HO SAID DESPITE THE CONDITIONS INSIDE THE TANK WAS DARK, HOT, UNFAMILIAR TO THE OFFICERS AND THEIR BREATHING APPARATUS SETS COULD ONLY LAST FOR ABOUT 35 MINUTES, THE OFFICERS WERE STILL ABLE TO EFFECT THE FIRE-FIGHTING AND RESCUE OPERATIONS BEFORE THEIR AIR SUPPLY WAS EXHAUSTED.
ALL THE SIX WORKERS TRAPPED WERE RESCUED AND THE FIRE OUT AROUND 5.43 PM.
AT TODAY'S
WAS PUT
PRESENTATION, MR HO PRAISED ALL THE COMMENDED OFFICERS FOR THEIR EFFICIENT OPERATION WITHIN A CONSTRAINED TIME BECAUSE IT TOOK AN INVESTIGATION OFFICER (WITHOUT CARRYING BREATHING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT) 30 MINUTES TO TRAVEL FROM THE HATCH OPENING ΤΟ THE BOTTOM OF THE BALLAST.
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM YIU LIAN DOCKYARD ALSO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY AND PRESENTED A SOUVENIOR TO OFFICERS OF THE TSING YI FIRE STATION IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR SUCCESSFUL FIRE-FIGHTING AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN THE INCIDENT.
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 46.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 271.635 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 286.458 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 48.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
WATER CUT IN YAU MA TEI
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KOWLOON AM THE
IN YAU MA TEI, FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO SOME PREMISES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM 11 PM ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 20) TO FOLLOWING DAY TO FACILITATE LEAKAGE TESTS.
WOOSUNG STREET AND
THE AFFECTED AREA IS
JORDAN
BOUNDED ROAD
AND
BY NATHAN INCLUDING
ROAD, PREMISES
AUSTIN
AT
ROAD, PILKEM
STREET, PARKES STREET AND BOWRING STREET.
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