THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1982
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CHIEF SECRETARY LOOKS OVER FIRE SERVICES
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SPENT MUCH OF TODAY (THURSDAY) LOOKING OVER THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ITS MODERN FIRE-FIGHTING AND RESCUE FACILITIES.
AT MID-DAY, SIR PHILIP ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR FEDERICK WATSON AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR ROBERT HOLMES. HAD LUNCH WITH OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AT THE OFFICERS MESS.
SIR PHILIP BEGAN THE TOUR WITH A VISIT TO THE TSIM SHA TSUI FIRE STATION WHERE HE WAS SHOWN THE LATEST FIRE APPLIANCES AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT BY THE KOWLOON CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR ANTHONY CONWAY.
HE ALSO VISITED THE FIRE SERVICES' MOBILISING AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE BEFORE TOURING THE TSIM SHA TSUI GYMNASIUM AND THE KOWLOON WORKSHOP.
HE THEN INSPECTED THE NEW FIRE BOAT 'NO. 6o AND ENDED HIS TOUR WITH A VISIT TO THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU IN ASIAN HOUSE, WAN CHAI. THERE HE WAS BRIEFED AND SHOWN AROUND BY THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE BUREAU, MR JOHN MARCH,
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF KWAI FOO ROAD
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A SECTION OF KWAI FOO ROAD IN KWAI CHUNG NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH HING FONG ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 1.30 AM TO 5.30 AM FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE MORNINGS FROM SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 20) FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOT-BRIDGE.
DURING THE CLOSURE, THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
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EASTBOUND VEHICLES WILL BE DIVERTED VIA HING FONG ROAD, KWAI FUK ROAD, CONTAINER PORT ROAD AND KWAI CHUNG ROAD.
WESTBOUND VEHICLES WILL BE DIVERTED VIA KWAI CHUNG ROAD, KWAI ON ROAD AND HING FONG ROAD.
* SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES HEADING FOR KWAI CHUNG POLICE
STATION WILL BE DIVERTED VIA KWAI FUK ROAD, CONTAINER PORT ROAD, KAI WAN STREET, KWAI CHUNG ROAD AND KWAI FOO ROAD.
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