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FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1984

TUEN MUN TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS INVITING TENDERS TO BREAK GROUND FOR THE INITIAL PHASE OF ANOTHER PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT IN TUEN MUN.

WORK WILL COMPRISE THE PILING TO FOUNDATIONS FOR THREE 35- STOREY TRIDENT BLOCKS AND TWO PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT UNDER THE FIRST PHASE.

THE THREE MODERN BLOCKS WILL CONTAIN 2 448 FLATS TO ACCOMMODATE 11 840 PEOPLE ON COMPLETION BY 1987.

NAMED LEUNG TIN ESTATE, THE PROJECT IS THE NINTH PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE BURGEONING NEW TOWN.

WELL-EQUIPPED WITH WIDE-RANGING COMMERCIAL, COMMUNITY AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, THE ESTATE WILL BE DEVELOPED IN FIVE PHASES TO PROVIDE MODERN HOMES FOR 54 000 PEOPLE WHEN FULLY COMPLETED BY 1989.

FIREMEN TOLD TO KEEP UP GOOD WORK

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CHIEF FIRE OFFICER MR LAM LOK-BUN TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON FIREMEN TO KEEP UP THE IR EFFICIENT WORK IN ORDER TO REMAIN AS THE COMMUNITY'S FRIENDS IN NEED.

MR LAM, WHO IS FIRST COMMANDANT OF THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL. WAS SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF ONE SQUAD OF STATION OFFICERS AND TWO SQUADS OF FIREMEN AT THE TRAINING SCHOOL IN PAT HEUNG.

+CONTRARY TO SOME LAYMEN'S BELIEF, LIFE RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS IN THIS AGE ARE NO SIMPLE MATTERS. INDEED THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN SIMPLE.

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

IN A CROWDED TERRITORY LIKE HONG KONG, WITH ITS BUSTLING TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND HIGH-RISE ENVIRONMENT, THE WORK OF A FIREMAN WAS PARTICULARLY DEMANDING, MR LAM SAID.

AFTER THE PARADE, MR LAM PRESENTED THE BEST RECRUIT AWARDS TO PROBATIONARY STATION OFFICER MR CHEUNG KAM-WAH AND RECRUIT FIREMAN MR MOX HON-WAH.

TODAY'S GRADUATES INCLUDE THREE FIRE OFFICERS FROM BRUNEI, WILL RETURN TO THE IR COUNTRY SHORTLY.

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