SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1976"-
NEW HOME FOR FRONTIER POLICE HEADQUARTERS
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THE FRONTIER DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE ILL 30CM HAVE A NEW HOME AT FAY LIFG.
THE ME. HEADQUARTERS COMPLEX AT FAN LING ROUNDABOUT, EXPECTED TO BE READY BY AUGUST, WAS DESIGNED BY THE PUEL IC WORKS DEPARTMENT „HICH ALSO SUPERVISES ITS CCISTRUCTION.
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+THE NEW BUILDING WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING SHEUNG SHUI POLICE STATION BUILT BEFORE THE FIRST, PLD WAR. AND ALSO PROVIDE RODERN ACCOMMODATION FOR THE FRONTIER DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS NOW HOUSED IN NISSAN (TUNNEL-SHAPED) HUTS AT FAN LING+ SAID MR. VINCENT IP, P...D.'S ARCHITECT IN-CHARGE OF THE PROJECT.
WORK ON THE NEW COMPLEX, COMPRISING A FIVE-STOREY POLICE STATION, A THREE-STOREY QUARTERS CLOCK, AND A SINGLE-STOREY GARAGE ELOCK, COMMENCED :: OCTOBER, 1976.
THE STATION BUILDING HAS OFFICES, CELLS AND ARMOURY ON THE LOWER FLOORS, AND EARRACKS, CANTEENS, RECREATION AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES ON THE UPPER FLOORS.
+THE STATION BUILDING HAS AN EXTERNAL FINISH OF WHITE MOSAIC TILES WHILE THE PANELS UNDER THE WINDOWS AND CONCRETE SUN-EREAKER FINS ARE OF BROWN MOSAIC TILES+, R. IP SAID.
+APART FROM PARKING FACILITIES, THE GARAGE BLOCK ALSO
CONTAINS A SERVICE BAY AND TRANSPORT CFFICE.+
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*THERE IS ALSO HELIPAD THE COMPOUND, + HE ADDED.
NEW TECHNIQUES HELP FARMERS YIELD BETTER VEGETABLES
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LOCAL FARKERS CAX NOM PRODUCE IN SUMMER DETTER QUALITY VEGETABLES AT LOWER COST THANKS TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF A CHEMICAL WHICH SUPPRESSES THE GROWTH OF EED.
THE HERBICIDE - NITROFEN - WAS RECOMMENDED AFTER THREE YEARS OF INTENSIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION, FOR FARMERS TO USE AT THE TIME OF SOWING OF VEGETABLES.
THE CHEMICAL CAN CHECK THE GROWTH OF WEEDS FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS, ROUGHLY THE TIME A FARMER NEEDS TO RAISE HIS CROP FREE FROM WEED COMPETITION.
DR. LAURENCE LEE, SENIOR CROP DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, SAID: THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS HERBICIDE ARE THAT FARMERS CAN REDUCE AECUT CHE THIRD OF . LABOUR IN CROP PRODUCTION AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF VEGETABLES TOO.+
THIS HERBICIDE
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