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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1979

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FIREMEN PRAISED

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THE WINSOR INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION WILL DONATE $20,000 TO THE FIRE SERVICES WELFARE FUND.

THE DONATION TOGETHER WITH A BANNER WILL BE HANDED OVER TO NEW TERRITORIES FIREMEN NEXT WEEK IN RECOGNITION OF THE GALLANT AND EFFICIENT WAY IN WHICH THEY FOUGHT A FIRE AT ONE OF THE CORPORATION'S FACTORIES IN TSUEN WAN ON MAY 30.

CORPORATION CHAIRMAN, MR. T.K. ANN, IN A LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES THANKED THE FIREMEN FOR THEIR EFFICIENT SERVICE AND WISHED A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO TWO FIREMEN INJURED IN THE BLAZE.

THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT 8.34 A.M. ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF A NINE- STOREY FACTORY BUILDING AT 63-73 WO YI HOP ROAD. IT WAS UPGRADED TO THIRD ALARM 14 MINUTES LATER WHEN THE BLAZE SPREAD AND AFFECTED THE FIRST FLOOR WHERE COTTON YARN AND CLOTH WERE STORED.

MORE THAN 100 FIREMEN, USING EIGHT JETS, BATTLED THE FLAMES FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AT 1.11 P.M. TWO

INJURED FIREMEN WERE ADMITTED TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF A $20,000 DONATION TO THE FIRE SERVICES WELFARE FUND AND A BANNER BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WINSOR INDUSTRIAL CORP. MR. T.K. ANN AT 10 A.M. ON JUNE 13 AT THE LEI MUK SHUE FIRE STATION.

WAN CHAI RECLAMATION SITE GRANT

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A 6,000-SQUARE METRE SITE ON THE GLOUCESTER ROAD FRONTAGE OF THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION HAS BEEN GRANTED TO THE CHINA RESOURCES COMPANY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE COMPANY PROPOSES TO USE THE SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS HONG KONG HEADQUARTERS AND AS A TRADE CENTRE.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE COMPANY WILL BUILD A PRESTIGE BUILDING WHICH WILL INCLUDE EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE FACILITIES.

THE CHINA RESOURCES COMPANY WOULD PAY A PREMIUM OF $300 MILLION FOR THE SITE, THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

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