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MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1978

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AMBULANCE DEPOT FOR NGAU CHI WAN

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A NEW AMBULANCE DEPOT IS TO BE BUILT AT NGAU CHI WAN TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES IN THE DENSELY POPULATED AREA.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

MR. FRED WOO, P.W.D.'S ACTING CHIEF ARCHITECT, SAID THE NEW DEPOT WOULD BE SITUATED AT THE CORNER OF WAI YIP STREET AND SIU YIP STREET.

+THE TWO-STOREY AMBULANCE DEPOT WILL COMPRISE BAYS FOR FOUR AMBULANCES, DUTY AND SERVICE ROOMS, OFFICES, A RECREATION AND DINING ROOM, BARRACK ACCOMMODATION FOR THE ESSENTIAL OPERATIONAL STAFF ON DUTY, ABLUTION FACILITIES AND A DRILL YARD, HE SAID.

+ANCILLARY FACILITIES INCLUDE A ONE-STOREY DANGEROUS GOODS STORE AND AIR COMPRESSOR ROOM, FUEL STORAGE TANKS AND A WASHING BAY.+

MR. WOO SAID WORK WOULD BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND TAKE ABOUT 10 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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