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FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1986

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+ THE PRESENCE OF THIS STATION WILL PROVIDE VERY NECESSARY FIRE COVER NOT ONLY FOR THOSE BUILDINGS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE BUT ALSO THE CONSIDERABLE NUMBER WHICH HAS YET TO BE BUILT,+ HE SAID.

HE DISCLOSED THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA INCLUDED COMMERCIAL, GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO HOUSE SOME 50 000 PEOPLE, AND MORE IMPORTANT, LIGHT INDUSTRY ESTABLISHMENTS.

TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE SITE, MR GARDINER SAID THIS PARTICULAR AREA HAD BEEN UNDER 4.5 METRES OF WATER. AND WHAT WAS RECENTLY SEA-BED IS NOW A RAPIDLY EXPANDING INDUSTRIAL AREA.

HE SAID THE EAST DIVISION OF KOWLOON COVERS A LOT OF TERRITORY AND IS CURRENTLY SERVED BY SEVEN FIRE STATIONS INCLUDING THE ONE OPENED TODAY, AND SEVERAL MORE WERE PLANNED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

+IN DUE COURSE THERE MAY WELL BE A NEED TO CREATE A FOURTH DIVISION TO SPREAD THE WORKLOAD AND THIS IS CURRENTLY UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION, MR GARDINER ADDED.

COMMENTING ON THE HIGHER NUMBER OF EMERGENCY CALLS IN KOWLOON EAST, HE SAID THAT FIRE DID NOT JUST HAPPEN ALL ON THEIR OWN, AND IT WAS PEOPLE WHO CAUSED THEM BY BEING NEGLECTFUL OR UNTHINKING.

+IF KOWLOON EAST IS HAVING SO MANY MORE FIRES THAN ELSEWHERE THEN THAT MUST MEAN THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THIS AREA ARE EXERCISING LESS CARE THAN OTHERS,+ HE SAID.

+ALL I CAN ASK IS THAT THEY BE MORE FIRE CONSCIOUS - AFTER ALL▾ IT IS THEIR LIVES AND PROPERTY AT STAKE,+ MR GARDINER ADDED.

THE NEW FIRE STATION IS OF STANDARD DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION DESIGN WHICH HOUSES FOUR FIRE APPLIANCES, SIX AMBULANCES MANNED BY 134 OFFICERS AND MEN.

DREDGING IN DEEP BAY PLANNED

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GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CARRY OUT DREDGING IN DEEP BAY TO OBTAIN FILL MATERIAL TO FORM LAND AT TIN SHUI WAI FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A SELF-CONTAINED NEW TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF 146 500.

WORK IS DUE TO START IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR, AND TAKE ABOUT

30 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE AREA AFFECTED IS DESCRIBED IN A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HE HAS AN INTEREST, RIGHT OR EASEMENT IN OR OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEA-BED INVOLVED MAY SUBMIT A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS ON OR BEFORE MARCH 16.

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