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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1993
THE DEVELOPER HAS TO COMPLETE A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 7,830 SQUARE METRES BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1996.
FULL PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY BE OBTAINED THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, 14TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD; DISTRICT LANDS OFFICES KOWLOON, YAU MA TEI CAR PARK BUILDING, FLOOR, 250 SHANGHAI STREET, KOWLOON.
SALE PLANS CAN BE INSPECTED AT THESE OFFICES.
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CONDITIONS OF SALE WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE OF SHA TIN, TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG, TSUEN WAN, SAI KUNG, KWAI TSING, TAI PO, NORTH AND ISLANDS.
MEMORIAL JOURNAL TO MARK FIRE SERVICES' 125TH ANNIVERSARY
THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED A JOURNAL TO COMMEMORATE ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
THE 64-PAGE BILINGUAL PUBLICATION CONTAINS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT FROM 1868, NOTABLE INCIDENTS IN THE PAST SEVEN DECADES AND SERVICE EXPANSION OVER THE YEARS TO COPE WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENTS AND CHANGING DEMANDS IN THE TERRITORY.
PEOPLE MAY NOT AWARE OF THE DISASTROUS FIRE AT VALLEY RACECOURSE IN 1918 IN WHICH 570 PEOPLE WERE BURNED TRAMPED UNDERFOOT.
THE HAPPY ALIVE OR
MANY MAY HAVE SOME IMPRESSION OF THE TRAGIC SHEK KIP MEI SQUATTER FIRE IN 1953 WHICH MADE 53,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS, THE BUILDING COLLAPSE AT KOTEWALL ROAD AND THE LANDSLIDE AT SAU MAU PING RESITE AREA DURING A RAINSTORM IN 1972, KILLING 68 PEOPLE.
THESE INCIDENTS WERE VIVIDLY DEPICTED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE
JOURNAL.
"THANKS TO THE DEDICATION AND
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PROFESSIONALISM OF ITS STAFF, THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB IN PROTECTING THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE SIX MILLION PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE ΤΟ THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAYS IN THE FOREWORD JOURNAL.
COMMENTING ON THE PRODUCTION OF THE BOOK, THE EDITOR, DEPUTY ABOUT THREE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER HO CHAK-LAM, SAID HIS STAFF HAD SPENT MONTHS TO HUNT FOR THE NECESSARY INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE, INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENTAL ANNUAL REPORTS AND NEWSPAPERS.
THE SOME OF
PHOTOGRAPHS WERE REPRODUCED BY STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION, HE SAID.
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