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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1979
FIRE SERVICES CENTRALISED
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN OPERATION
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THE FIRST STAGE OF THE FIRE SERVICES $8.5 MILLION CENTRALISED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM HAS GONE INTO OPERATION.
+THE KOWLOON FIRE CONTROL CENTRE WENT ON TO THE NEW SYSTEM ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 22) AND THE HONG KONG ISLAND, THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE AMBULANCE CONTROL CENTRES WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,+ A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PERMIT BETTER MOBILISING OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RESOURCES OF 5 000 MEN AND MORE THAN 500 VEHICLES.
HE SAID +WHEN THE NEW SYSTEM BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL IN MARCH NEXT YEAR, IT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR COMMUNICATIONS STAFF AT FIRE AND AMBULANCE STATIONS TOTALLING ABOUT 200 MEN WITH AN ANNUAL SAVING IN SALARY OF $6 MILLION.+
+AT THE SAME TIME, THE NEW SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND BRING A FURTHER REDUCTION IN RESPONSE TIME TO EMERGENCIES,+ HE ADDED.
HE SAID THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, LINKING ALL HONG KONG'S 54 FIRE AND AMBULANCE STATIONS, WOULD CENTRALISE ALL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ON THE SIXTH-FLOOR CENTRE OF TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE STATION.
+THE NETWORK CONSISTS OF DIRECT CALL-OUT LINKS TO ALL FIRE AND AMBULANCE STATIONS AND A COMPUTER-OPERATED VEHICLE STATUS AND LOCATION SYSTEM FOR MOBILISING AMBULANCES.+
+IT IS EXPECTED TO CUT THE DESPATCHING TIME BY HALF, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
BUILDING CONTRACTORS FACE UP TO NOISE CONTROL ******
BUILDING CONTRACTORS ARE BEGINNING TO RECOGNISE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE CONTROL OF NOISE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN COMMENTING ON A REPORT TABLED THIS WEEK AT A MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (EPCOM).
THE REPORT REVIEWED THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OPERATION OF LEGISLATION AMENDED LAST JULY TO LIMIT NOISE MADE BY CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AT NIGHT AND ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION WAS TO DECREASE THE NOISE NUISANCE CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE NORMAL WORK ING HOURS.
/THE SPOKESMAN
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