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Opening of Legal Aid Department's new office
Starting from Monday (February 17), the Legal Aid Department will have an office on the ground floor of the Mongkok Government Offices, adjacent to the Yau Tsim Mong District Office.
The Kowloon Branch Office Extension is necessary to cope with the increase in the number of civil legal aid applications. The number of legal aid criminal and civil applications in 1996 has increased by 17.6% to a total of 30,000.
The department's Kowloon Branch Office on the 3rd floor of Mongkok Government Offices at 30 Luen Wan Street has been established for some years to serve the population in Kowloon and the New Territories.
To meet the increased demand for legal aid services, the department has recently acquired an additional office space of about 115 square metres on the ground floor of the same building.
The new office will be used entirely to serve new applicants who need not go up to the 3rd floor office for enquiries and processing of their applications.
For general enquiries, members of the public may continue to make use of the telephone hotline which will remain unchanged at 2537 7677.
The new office will be opened by Chairman of the Legal Aid Services Council, Mr Lee Jark-pui, and Director of Legal Aid, Mr Chan Shu-ying, at 11 am.
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Sai Wan Ho Fire Station open day
Sai Wan Ho Fire Station will be open to members of the public from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm tomorrow (Sunday).
The event, being part of the Fire Services Department's effort to promote the 1996/97 Fire Prevention Campaign, is the last one of a series of open days held throughout the territory.