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Wednesday, June 14, 1972

FACT SHEET ON FIRE SERVICES

Hong Kong's Fire Services Department is "the second largest in the

Commonwealth and one of the best equipped."

This is stated in a new fact sheet on the Fire Services.

It says that "in 1868, after a series of disastrous fires, Hong Kong's first fire brigade was formed under the command of a police magistrate. It was an integral part of the police force, with a strength of 66,"

The fact sheet is the latest in a series produced by the Government Information Services to offer "instant information" on different aspects of

Hong Kong.

Together with the new fact sheet, revised copies of two others, "Hong Kong's Medical & Health Services" and "Hong Kong's Preventive Service11

have also been published.

Each of these is designed to provide essential facts on a particular subject, and is tailored to the requirements of businessmen, journalists and research workers from abroad who require more specific information but have no time to search for it in more comprehensive works of reference.

The fact sheets are produced in both English and Chinese and, wherever necessary, revised on an annual basis to keep them up-to-date.

Note to editors:

Copies of the fact sheets are distributed separately in the G.I.S. press boxes this evening.

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