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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1993
FIRE PREVENTION DRIVE
THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S NEW TERRITORIES COMMAND WILL LAUNCH A FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 17).
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THE EVENT, WHICH FORMS PART OF A PROGRAMME TO COMMEMORATE DEPARTMENT'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY, WILL BE HELD AT LEVEL 3, NEW TOWN PLAZA, PHASE I, SHA TIN BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE ΤΟ VIEW SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT USED BY FIRE SERVICES STAFF IN FIRE FIGHTING AND RESCUE OPERATIONS, INCLUDING HOLMATRO RESCUE TOOLS, THERMAL IMAGING SURVIVAL DETECTOR AND DEFIBRILLATOR.
IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A DISPLAY OF FIRE INFORMATION AND HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS ON PIRE SERVICES.
CAMERA,
PREVENTION
THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR TSANG KWONG-YU, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF CAMPAIGN AT 10.30 AM.
SAFETY ON NGONG PING ROAD GREATLY ENHANCED
SAFETY ON NGONG PING ROAD ON LANTAU ISLAND HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY ENHANCED AFTER THE RECENT COMPLETION OF IMPROVEMENT WORKS
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SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TODAY (FRIDAY) TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS TO NGONG PING ROAD, THE REGIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR CHEUNG TAI-YAN, SAID THE FORMER CONDITION OF THE ROAD WAS FAR FROM SATISFACTORY.
IT WAS DUE TO THE DIFFICULT TERRAIN AND SEVERAL NARROW SECTIONS OF THE ROAD THAT COULD ONLY ALLOW ONE-LANE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC, HE SAID.
IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY AND TO COPE WITH THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE COMPLETION OF THE BIG BUDDHA AT PO LIN MONASTERY, THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO IMPROVE NGONG PING ROAD TO ALL TWO-LANE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR DANIEL LAM; SUPERINTENDENT OF PO LIN MONASTERY, REV SIK CHI-WAI; THE DIRECTOR HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SEE-KAN; AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER (ISLANDS), CHRISTOPHER WONG; JOINTLY UNVEILED A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE.
THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS STARTED IN MAY 1991.
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IT INCLUDED THE REALIGNMENT AND WIDENING OF NGONG PING ROAD AND A SECTION OF SHAM WAT ROAD TO A STANDARD 7.3-METER WIDE TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY FOR A TOTAL LENGTH OF 2.6 KILOMETRES; CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTWAYS OF BETWEEN 1.5 METRES AND THREE METRES ALONG THE CARRIAGEWAY, ROADSIDE BUS BAYS; A TAXI STAND AND A CAR PARK.
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