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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1981

FPB SPLIT UP FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY

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THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU (FPB) OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SPLIT UP INTO THREE REGIONAL OFF ICES TO PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE.

FROM TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE THREE SEMI-AUTONOMOUS REGIONAL OFFICES WILL OPERATE SEPARATELY FROM HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE HEADQUARTERS WILL REMAIN AT ASIAN HOUSE, WAN CHAI.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID THESE REGIONAL OFFICES WILL DEAL WITH FIRE PROTECTION MATTERS RELATING TO COMPLAINTS, PROSECUTIONS, SCHOOLS AND FACTORIES.

+EACH WILL ALSO DEAL WITH DANGEROUS GOODS LICENSING, TIMBER STORES LICENSING AND LICENSING MATTERS CONCERNING PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

OFFICE HOURS ARE FROM 8.30 AM TO 1 PM AND FROM 2 PM TO 5 PM ON WEEKDAYS, EXCLUDING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, AND FROM 9 AM TO NOON ON SATURDAYS.

THE ADDRESSES OF THE THREE OFFICES ARE HONG KONG ISLAND, AT ASIAN HOUSE 10TH FLOOR, 1 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI KOWLOON, AT SAN PO KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 5TH FLOOR, 692 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD- AND NEW TERRITORIES, AT SHA TIN FIRE STATION, YUEN WO ROAD.

THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE RESPECTIVE OFFICES ARE: 5-281122 EXTENSION 50, 3-247307 AND 0-6047223.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES À 24-HOUR SERVICE FOR COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES.

+ANY PERSON WISHING TO MAKE A COMPLAINT OR AN ENQUIRY MAY DIAL 5-281224,+ HE ADDED.

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