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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1981

FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU GETS NEW REGIONAL OFFICE

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THE HONG KONG REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU (FPB), HAS MOVED TO ITS NEW OFFICE AT THE SHEUNG WAN DIVISIONAL FIRE HEADQUARTERS IN CENTRAL.

ALL COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES ON HONG KONG ISLAND SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE NEW REGIONAL OFFICE AT THE MEZZANINE FLOOR OF SHEUNG WAN DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL,

THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE 5-498104, 5-498214, 5-498269 AND 5-498298.

THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU WILL REMAIN AT ASIAN HOUSE AT 1, HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE FPB WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE SEMI- AUTONOMOUS REGIONAL OFFICES - HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

EACH REGIONAL OFFICE WILL DEAL WITH FIRE PROTECTION MATTERS RELATING TO COMPLAINTS, PROSECUTIONS, SCHOOLS AND FACTORIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS.

+THESE REGIONAL OFFICES WILL ALSO DEAL WITH DANGEROUS GOODS LICENSING, TIMBER STORES LICENSING AND FIRE SERVICES INVOLVEMENT

IN MATTERS CONCERNING PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID.

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

THE REGIONAL OFFICE IN KOWLOON IS SITUATED AT SAN PO KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 5TH FLOOR, 692 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD AND THE OFFICE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IS LOCATED AT THE SHA TIN FIRE STATION IN YUEN WO ROAD, SHA TIN.

THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE TWO OFFICES ARE 3-247307 AND 0-6047223 RESPECTIVELY.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE DEPARTMENT ALSO OPERATES A 24-HOUR HOT-LINE SERVICE FOR COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES.

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

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