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Speaking at a Contract Signing Ceremony for a Trunked Radio System for the Fire Services Department, Mr Phillipson said the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) was responsible for providing a very wide range of electrical, mechanical and electronic engineering services to government departments and to the community as a whole.
Part of this work was the project management of electronic projects and over the years, the EMSD had committed itself to quality service and was proud to have a very good working relationship with the Fire Services Department and to have helped them on that project, he said.
Mr Phillipson pointed out that the contract, worth $76 million, would deliver a reliable modern trunked radio system to replace the existing discrete channel system.
The new system to become operational in late 1996 would optimise the use of a limited frequency spectrum and would have less radio interference, but would have a much higher operating efficiency.
Furthermore, signal reception would also be improved because of enhanced features added into the new system such as frequency spectrum reuse, automatic handoffs and multichannel selections as well as automatic signal sampling.
The new system would provide effective radio communication coverage for the whole of the territory whether it be on land, in road tunnels, or over water.
With this new system, communications of fire engines, fire boats and ambulances with the Fire Services Communications Centre would be guaranteed, thereby greatly enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Fire Services operations, he said.
"The Fire Services Department provides an excellent service to the community, they deserve the best and latest equipment to help them in their work, and when this contract is complete that is exactly what they will have," he said.
The contract was signed by Mr Phillipson with a representative of Motorola Asia Pacific Limited.
Also attending today's contract signing ceremony as a witness was the Director of Fire Services, Mr Lam Chek-yuen.
End/Friday, June 16, 1995
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