XN000022-1979-10-16 — Page 2

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1979

FIRE INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR STRUCK OFF LIST

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A FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN STRUCK OFF THE LIST OF REGISTERED CLASS-|| CONTRACTORS FOR INSTALLING SUB-STANDARD MATERIAL ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

THE ACTION STEMMED FROM A DECISION OF A DISCIPLINARY BOARD WHICH WAS SET UP ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR, A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT HAS ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE CONTRACTOR OPERATING A FIRE EQUIPMENT COMPANY IN YAU MA TEI WAS FOUND GUILTY BY THE BOARD OF IMPROPER CONDUCT OR NEGLIGENCE IN THAT HE KNOWINGLY INSTALLED FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATION WITH SUB-STANDARD MATERIAL ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

+IN VIEW OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OFFENCE, THE FIRE SERVICES IS KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON OTHER REGISTERED CONTRACTORS TO GUARD AGAINST THE INSTALLATION OF SUB-STANDARD MATERIAL,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THE DE-REGISTRATION SHOWS THAT THE FIRE SERVICES WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY MALPRACTICE WHICH THREATENS THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, HE ADDED.

SPECIAL TRAINS FOR CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL ******

THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL BE OPERATING SPECIAL TRAINS TO WO HOP SHEK ON OCTOBER 21, 28 AND 29 TO COPE WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL PERIOD.

DURING THESE THREE DAYS, NINE TRAINS WILL LEAVE KOWLOON STATION AT 6.03 A.M., 6.40 A.M., 8 A.M., 9.27 A.M., 10.32 A.M., 11.44 A.M., 1.27 P.M., 2.53 P.M. AND 3.48 P.M.

THE SAME NUMBER OF TRAINS WILL LEAVE WO HOP SHEK AND THE IR DEPARTURE TIMES WILL BE 6.58 A.M. 8.09 A.M., 10.14 A.M..

10.14 A.M., 11.16 A.M., 12.20 P.M., 1.46 P.M., 3.26 P.M., 4.20 P.M. AND 5.17 P.M.

+ADDITIONAL TRAINS MAY BE PUT INTO OPERATION LATE IN THE EVENING IF DEMAND WARRANTS IT, A SPOKESMAN FOR KCR SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

HE SAID THE SPECIAL TRAINS WILL NOT PICK UP PASSENGERS AT MONG KOK AND THAT REGULAR NORTHBOUND TRAINS WILL NOT STOP AT THIS STATION BETWEEN 7.30 A.M. AND 1.30 P.M.

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