TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1991
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FIREMEN PRAISED FOR FIGHTING TV CITY FIRE
THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) RECEIVED PRAISE AND APPRECIATION FROM SHAW BROTHERS AND TELEVISION BROADCAST (TVB) FOR PUTTING
NO. 5 ALARM FIRE IN TELEVISION CITY LAST
OUT A
(NOVEMBER) MONTH.
THE FONG, AND
TSEUNG THE OPERATION,
THE DIRECTOR OF SHAW BROTHERS, MISS MONA ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF TVB, MR HO TING-KWAN, VISITED THE KWAN O FIRE STATION TO THANK THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM TSEUNG KWAN O FIRE STATION FTRE SCENE FIRST.
WHO ATTENDED
THE
ON BEHALF OF THE TWO COMPANIES, MR HO PRESENTED A SILVER TO CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (KOWLOON), MR CHEUNG SHU-SHING.
PLATE
WOULD HAVE
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR HO SAID WITHOUT THE OFFICERS' EFFORTS AND EFFECTIVE OPERATION, THE DAMAGE BEEN WORSE.
IT FURTHER
NOVEMBER 16 THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT 2.34 AM ON
(SATURDAY).
WAS
TO NO. 3 ALARM UPGRADED
15 MINUTES LATER
WAS AND UPGRADED TO NO. 4 ALARM AT 3.37 AM AND NO. 5 ALARM AT 5.20 AM.
TWO TIN-SHEETED STRUCTURES USED AS PROP STORES AT THE WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED.
TV CITY
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE FIRE, A
TOTAL OF 130 FIREMEN
JETS AND DEPLOYED. SEVENTEEN
SIX BREATHING APPARATUS TEAMS MOBILISED TO FIGHT THE BLAZE WHICH WAS PUT OUT AT 8.50 AM.
FRESH WATER CUT IN SHEUNG SHUI
* * * * *
WERE WERE
THE
FRESH WATER SUPPLY, TO SOME PREMISES IN SHEUNG SHUI IN TERRITORIES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM 10 PM ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 19) 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY TO FACILITATE LEAKAGE TESTS.
NEW
TO
TAU
ROAD AND TAU ΤΑΙ
FAN KAM PO,
TSIU
ROAD KENG,
THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT HANG INCLUDING KWU TUNG TIN SUM, HANG TAU, HANG TONG KUNG LENG, CHEUNG LEK AND KWU TUNG MARKET.
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