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SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1975

NEW AMBULANCE DEPOT FOR WESTERN

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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS OPENED A NEW AMBULANCE DEPOT AT SMITHFIELD ROAD TO SERVE THE WESTERN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

THE NEW STATION KNOWN AS THE MOUNT DAVIS AMBULANCE DEPOT WAS CONSTRUCTED AT A COST OF $3.3 MILLION AND IT TOOK 18 MONTHS TO BUILD.

THE BUILDING WITH A FLOOR AREA OF 16,000 SQUARE FEET IS 11-STOREY HIGH AND HAS 40 STAFF QUARTERS INCLUDING FOUR FOR OFFICERS.

A TOTAL OF 49 AMBULANCE COMMAND PERSONNEL AND TEN AMBULANCES WILL BE STATIONED AT THE DEPOT.

THE EXISTING AMBULANCE DEPOT WILL REMAIN IN SERVICE TEMPORARILY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEW DEPOT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE G.1.S. PRESS BOXES THIS AFTERNOON.

LAUNCH PICNIC FOR PROBATIONERS

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A LAUNCH PICNIC WAS HELD TODAY (SATURDAY) FOR 50 PROBATIONERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AT PAK LAP BAY IN SAI KUNG.

ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES PROBATION OFFICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AND SUPPORTED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG RECREATION AND SPORT ASSOCIATION, THE OUTING WAS GEARED TOWARDS PROMOTING A USEFUL SOCIAL OUTLET FOR THOSE UNDER THE CARE OF THE PROBATION OFFICERS.

IN A BRIEF SPEECH TO THE PARTY, MR. DENIS TSUI, ACTING PRINCIPAL PROBATION OFFICER, SPOKE ON HOW SOCIETY COULD LOOK AT CRIME MORE POSITIVELY BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO WERE WILLING TO REFORM THEMSELVES.

REFERRING TO THOSE WHO HAD BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED BY THE COURT TO BE PLACED ON PROBATION TO LEAD A NORMAL LIFE IN SOCIETY, HE SAID THE PROBATIONERS HAD DEMONSTRATED THEIR ABILITY AND DETERMINATION TO LEAD A HARDWORKING LIFE AND REGRETTED THEIR PAST MISTAKES.

+THEY ARE THOSE WHO HAVE LEARNT BY EXPERIENCE THE NARROW LINE BETWEEN THE LAWFUL AND THE UNLAWFUL, SAFETY AND DANGER, FREEDOM AND PUNISHMENT.+

MR. TSUI SAID THE OUTING HAD PROVED QUITE POPULAR WITH THE PROBATIONERS AND THIS WAS THE SECOND ONE BEING HELD AS A SOCIAL GATHERING FOR FRIENDS, PARENTS AND VOLUNTEERS.

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