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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1982

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FIREMEN A FRIEND IN NEED

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A FIREMAN WAS A FRIEND IN NEED TO EVERY CITIZEN AS LONG AS HE PERFORMED HIS DUTIES WITH EFFICIENCY, THE DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND, MR LAM LOK-BUN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING TO TWO SQUADS OF NEWLY GRADUATED FIREMEN AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID THAT FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS HAD NEVER BEEN SIMPLE MATTERS.

+THEY CALL FOR HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES AND DEVOTION TO MEANINGFUL DUTIES, HE SAID.

STREETS TO BE CLOSED FOR MTR PROJECT

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TWO STREETS WILL BE CLOSED TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ISLAND LINE, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE DATES FOR THE CLOSURES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

THE STREETS ARE MONG LUNG STREET IN SHAU KEI WAN AND THE UNNAMED ROAD JOINING THE NORTH END OF NING PO STREET IN CHAI WAN,

THE CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTPATH FROM THE SOUTHERN BUILDING LINE OF YUEN HING LANE TO A POINT 70 METRES NORTHWARDS ALONG MONG LUNG STREET WILL BE CLOSED TEMPORARILY.

A TEMPORARY TRAFFIC DIVERSION WILL BE PROVIDED, CONNECTING THE NORTH-WESTERN END OF MONG LUNG STREET WITH NAM ON STREET.

FOOTPATHS LINKING MONG LUNG STREET TO KENG SHAN LANE AND YUEN HING LANE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.

A SECTION OF THE UNNAMED ROAD BETWEEN THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF CHAI WAN V TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AND ITS NORTHERN END WILL BE PERMANENTLY CLOSED AND REPLACED BY AN ALTERNATIVE ACCESS ROAD,

PLANS SHOWING THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) AND ITS ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (EASTERN) AND PTS CHAI WAN SUB-OFFICE, AND THE SURVEY DIVISION OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT.

ANY CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION SHOULD BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OR, IN THE CASE OF A TEMPORARY GLOSURE, WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE RE-OPENING OF THE STREET.

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