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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1983

OPENING OF MAI PO FIRE STATION

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HONG KONG'S FIRE SERVICES RECEIVED HIGH PRAISES TODAY FROM FORMER EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR, SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES WHEN HE OPENED THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW MAI PO FIRE STATION IN FAIR VIEW PARK, YUEN LONG.

SIR ALBERT, WHO WAS SPEAKING AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE CANADIAN OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, SAID: +WITH ITS FINE TRAINING AND VAST EXPERIENCE OUR FIRE SERVICE RANKS AMONG THE MOST EFFICIENT IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.+

HE ADDED THAT RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WOULD BE COMFORTED IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR SAFETY WAS ASSURED IN THE EVENT OF FIRE.

IN WELCOMING SIR ALBERT TO THE CEREMONY, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMAND, MR CHEUNG SHU-SHING, SAID TO PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD COVER THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY OF HONG KONG, THE PROVISION OF NEW FIRE STATIONS MUST GO HAND IN HAND WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT AND POINTED OUT THAT THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW MAI PO FIRE STATION WAS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE.

MR CHEUNG ALSO THANKED THE CANADIAN OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD AND THEIR STAFF FOR THEIR EFFORT IN RENDERING THE NEW FIRE STATION OPERATIVE IN THE SOONEST POSSIBLE TIME.

THE NEW FIRE STATION COMPRISES A TWO-STOREY BUILDING AND A SINGLE STOREY STRUCTURE. THE TWO-STOREY BUILDING CONTAINS THE OFFICES, APPLIANCE ROOMS, RECREATION ROOM, CANTEEN AND DORMITORY WHILE THE SINGLE STOREY BUILDING IS USED FOR DANGEROUS GOODS STORAGE.

IT IS BEING MANNED BY 23 FIRE OFFICERS AND 12 AMBULANCEMEN AND IS EQUIPPED WITH ONE MAJOR PUMP AND TWO AMBULANCES.

PERCIVAL STREET (LOSED TO TRAFFIC ***

PERCIVAL STREET BETWEEN LOCKHART ROAD AND HENNESSY ROAD IN WAN CHAI WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFF C BETWEEN 1 AM AND 6 AM ON FRIDAY (MAY 27) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CAUSEWAY BAY STATION.

DURING THE CLOSURE, ALL SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES TRAVELLING ALONG PERCIVAL STREET HEADING FOR HENNESSY ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED VIA LOCKHART ROAD AND CANAL ROAD EAST.

PLB PROHIBITION IN TUEN MUN

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FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (MAY 27), PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING THE NEW ROAD LINKING SIU HONG COURT IN TUEN MUN WITH CASTLE PEAK ROAD (LAM TEI).