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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1986

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT AS A FIRST STEP TO FORMING AN OWNERS' CORPORATION FLAT OWNERS HAD TO CONVENE A MEETING WITH THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE BUILDING TO DISCUSS THE MATTER. THEY INVARIABLY RELY ON LAND OFFICE RECORDS FOR INFORMATION ON OWNERSHIP,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TO ENSURE THAT THE EXEMPTION WAS GRANTED ONLY IN APPROPRIATE CASES, ORGANISERS WHO WISHED TO BE EXEMPTED SHOULD APPROACH THE RELEVANT DISTRICT OFFICER WHO, SUBJECT TO HIS BEING SATISFIED THAT THE CASE WAS GENUINE. WOULD ISSUE A CERTIFICATE TO THAT EFFECT. THE LAND OFFICER WOULD THEN WAIVE THE FEE UPON PRESENTATION OF THIS CERTIFICATE.

THE COST TO THE GOVERNMENT OF WAIVING SEARCH FEES WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $130 000 A YEAR AT THE REVISED RATE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

MINI FIRE APPLIANCES FOR ISLANDS

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SIX MINI FIRE APPLIANCES, THE SMALLEST SUCH VEHICLES IN THE TERRITORY. WILL GO INTO SERVICE ON OFF-SHORE ISLANDS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES ARE 2.94 METRES LONG AND 1.2 METRES WIDE. THEY COST $110 000 EACH.

FROM OCTOBER 28, TWO WILL BE STATIONED ON CHEUNG CHAU, TWO ON PENG CHAU, AND TWO AT TAI O ON LANTAU.

POWERED BY A 406 CC ENGINE, THE JAPANESE-MADE VEHICLES HAVE A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 25 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, AND A RANGE OF 150 KILOMETRES. THEY CAN CARRY A LOAD OF 500 KILOGRAMS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE APPLIANCES, WHICH CARRY ALL BASIC EQUIPMENT, WERE SPECIALLY ORDERED FOR CLIMBING STEEP LANES AND PASSING THROUGH NARROW PATHS ON OFF-SHORE ISLANDS.

HE EXPLAINED HOW THE MINI APPLIANCES WOULD OPERATE IN PAIRS ON THE ISLANDS.

+ONE APPLIANCE WILL BE USED AS A PUMP MODE

EQUIPPED WITH

A PUMP A 6.5-METRE LADDER, NOZZLES AND HOSES. THE OTHER ONE WILL BE A RESCUE MODE CONTAINING BREATHING APPARATUS SETS, A RESUSCITATION SET, AND CUTTING EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.

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