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TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1976

NEW FIRE STATION FOR KWAI CHUNG ******

A NEW SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION AND AN AMBULANCE DEPOT ARE TO BE BUILT AT KWAI CHUNG TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FIRE COVER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG.

MR. K.M. TSĖNG, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY BUILDING WORK WOULD START NEXT MONTH AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MAY NEXT YEAR.

THE STATION AND THE DEPOT, HE SAID, WOULD SHARE A 3,200 SQ. M. (41,300 SQ. FT.) SITE AT WO YI HÓP ROAD. PILING WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND TENDERS WERE NOW BEING INVITED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORK.

MR. TSENG SAID THE NEW FIRE STATION WOULD BE A THREE-STOREY BUILDING WITH FOUR BAYS FOR FIRE APPLIANCES.

+THE AMBULANCE DEPOT WILL BE SLIGHTLY SMALLER, CONSISTING OF A TWO-STOREY BUILDING WITH COVERED GARAGE FACILITIES FOR FOUR APPLIANCES.

+BOTH BUILDINGS WILL HAVE GENERAL OFFICES, BARRACK ROOMS, LOCKER ROOMS, OFFICERS' ACCOMMODATION, CANTEEN AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES,+ HE SAID.

A DRILL YARD OF ABOUT 580 SQUARE METRES (6,243 SQ. FT.) WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR FIREMEN AND AMBULANCE MEN.

WATER CUT ****

WATER SUPPLY TO ALL PREMISES IN STANLEY INCLUDING THE STANLEY PRISON AND THE STANLEY FORT CAMP, WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 10 P.M. ON THURSDAY (JUNE 24) TO 6 A.M. THE NEXT DAY (FRIDAY).

THE INTERRUPTION IS TO FACILITATE THE CONNECTION OF A FRESH WATER MAIN AT STANLEY VILLAGE ROAD.

IN KOWLOON CITY, WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS STARTING FROM 1 A.M. ON THURSDAY (JUNE 24) TO ALLOW THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST.

THE AFFECTED AREA IS BOUNDED BY GRAMPIAN ROAD, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, NGA TSIN LONG ROAD AND CARPENTER ROAD, INCLUDING JUNCTION ROAD, FUK LO TSUN ROAD, LION ROCK ROAD, HAUWONG ROAD AND NGA TS IN WAI ROAD.

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