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SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1983
ANOTHER DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION FOR YUEN LONG
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AN ADDITIONAL DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION TOGETHER WITH A RESCUE TRAINING CENTRE FOR NEW RECRUITS AND AN AMBULANCE DEPOT WILL BE BUILT IN YUEN LONG, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMAND, MR FRED JACKSON, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YUEN LONG OUTDOOR DISPLAY AND FIRE PREVENTION EXHIBITION THIS MORNING, MR JACKSON DISCLOSED THAT AMBULANCES NOW RUNNING FROM YUEN LONG AND MAI PO WOULD ALSO BE REINFORCED WITH THE COMPLETION OF AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE THIS YEAR.
+HOWEVER, WE STILL NEED THE FULL ASSISTANCE OF OUR YUEN LONG CITIZENS IF WE ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE WAR WE WAGE DAILY AGAINST FIRE,+ MR JACKSON SAID,
RECENT STATISTICS PUBLISHED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SHOW THAT THERE IS STILL MUCH TO BE DONE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION ON FIRE PREVENTION.
+WE HAVE ALREADY IN YUEN LONG SOME SEVEN FIRE WATCH PATROL TEAMS ALL OF WHOM ARE KEEN AND INTERESTED IN REDUCING OUR OUTBREAKS OF FIRE BY THEIR VIGILANCE AND ENSURING THAT INCIDENTS ARE QUICKLY DEALT WITH IN THEIR INCIPIENT STAGES BEFORE ANY GREAT DAMAGE IS DONE OR WORSE STILL LIVES LOST, HE SAID.
THE EXHIBITION, THE FIRST STAGED IN YUEN LONG, WAS ORGANISED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE YUEN LONG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SOME OF THE LATEST FIRE FIGHTING APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT WERE ON DISPLAY AT THE EXHIBITION, THE HIGHLIGHT OF WHICH WAS A FIRE FIGHTING AND RESCUE DEMONSTRATION STAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
MORE LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR SITES FOR AUCTION
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FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY SITES AT THREE FORTHCOMING LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIRS IN SHA TIN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN WILL BE PUT UP FOR AUCTION ON THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS STARTING ON MONDAY (JANUARY 10).
THE AUCTION OF 110 SITES FOR THE SHA TIN FAIR TO BE HELD AT THE CAR PARK OF SHA TIN RACECOURSE, WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL IN LEK YUEN ESTATE ON MONDAY.
AMONG THEM ARE 70 SITES FOR THE SALE OF WET GOODS, 36 FOR DRY GOODS, TWO FOR BOTTLED DRINKS AND THE REMAINING TWO FOR SNACKS.
/THE AUCTION
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