MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1993

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BETTER FIRE AND EMERGENCY COVERAGE FOR WEST TUEN MUN

ΤΟ TUEN ADEQUATE AND NECESSARY FIRE COVERAGE WILL BE PROVIDED

IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MUN, CASTLE PEAK BAY AND TAP SHEK KOK AREAS FOLLOWING THE COMMISSIONING OF THE PILLAR POINT FIRE STATION.

TODAY TANG SIU, DEPARTMENT

ΤΟ

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW FIRE STATION (MONDAY), THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HEADQUARTERS), MR HENRY

SERVICES SAID ITS

WOULD ENABLE THE OPERATION FULFIL THE PERFORMANCE PLEDGE OF ACHIEVING THE TARGET RESPONSE TIME.

FIRE

MORE BECOME

SERVICE

AND MORE NOTING THAT THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD

GROWN DEVELOPED IN THE PAST DECADE AND THE POPULATION IN TUEN MUN HAD

SAID THE PROFESSIONAL

OF THE UP TO OVER 403,000, MR TANG

WAS CRUCIAL ΤΟ THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE FIRE AND EMERGENCY COVER LOCAL RESIDENTS AND INDUSTRIES.

THE PILLAR POINT FIRE STATION SERVES AN AREA OF ABOUT 24 SQUARE KILOMETRES IN THE WESTERN PART OF TUEN MUN WITH INDUSTRIES SUCH AS TAP SHEK KOK POWER STATION, CHINA CEMENT COMPANY AND THE BLACK POINT POWER STATION WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WITHIN THE REGION, POINT REFUGEE CENTRE,"

HE

"THERE ARE ALSO SOME POTENTIAL FIRE RISKS SUCH AS THE BBC RELAY STATION AND PILLAR ADDED.

SLOT'S ALLOCATED TO ROAD TEST REPEATERS BY BALLOT

SLOTS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES TODAY

ROAD TEST REPEATERS BY

(MONDAY) THAT EMPTY FROM BALLOTING

THE SLOTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF POSTPONEMENT BY APPLICANTS.

OF TESTS

THE SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED ON DECEMBER 1 ON A FIRST-COME, SERVED BASIS.

FIRST-

SAID BECAUSE THE DEMAND HAD A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT BEEN GREATER THAN THE SUPPLY, CROWD CONTROL PROBLEM AROSE.

TEST REPEATERS CAN SEND IN UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENT, ROAD

AM FROM THEIR INITIAL APPLICATIONS IN PERSON IN THE MORNING UP TO 11 MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS.

AT 2.30 PM RESULTS OF BALLOTING WILL BE POSTED BOARD OF THE LICENSING OFFICES.

ON THE NOTICE

ARE REQUIRED ΤΟ

CLOSE

THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AN APPOINTMENT BRING ALONG THEIR DOCUMENTS AND COMPLETE THE APPLICATION BEFORE OF OFFICE AT 4 PM EACH DAY.

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