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MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1987

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ABERDEEN ILLEGAL STRUCTURES TO BE DEMOL IS HED

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ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ARE TO BE CLEARED FROM THE REAR YARD OF

81 SHEK PAI WAN ROAD, ABERDEEN.

THE GOVERNMENT ORIGINALLY ORDERED THEM TO BE DEMOLISHED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE IN OCTOBER 1985, BUT THE OCCUPANTS HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH THE INSTRUCTION.

NOW, THE GOVERNMENT IS TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER FROM VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT ON MARCH 24. NOTICES OF THIS INTENTION WERE POSTED ON THE STRUCTURES TODAY (MONDAY).

A BUILDING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID DEMOLITION WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IMMEDIATELY A CLOSURE ORDER WAS MADE.

A CLOSURE ORDER WAS REQUIRED SO THAT THE WORK COULD BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT ENDANGERING OCCUPANTS OF THE STRUCTURES OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HE ADDED.

TUEN MUN GETS SECOND AMBULANCE DEPOT

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A SECOND AMBULANCE DEPOT IN TUEN MUN THE CASTLE PEAK BAY AMBULANCE DEPOT - WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, DR CHIU HIN-KWONG, TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, DR CHIU SAID THE SECOND DEPOT INDICATED THAT THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS KEEPING PACE WITH THE EVER-INCREASING DEMANDS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

RECALLING THE PAST, HE SAID THE FIRST AMBULANCE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS POSTED TO TAI PO FIRE STATION IN JULY 1953, AND IT COVERED THE WHOLE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, RESPONDING TO SEVEN TO TEN CALLS PER DAY.

+TODAY, THERE ARE 73 AMBULANCES POSTED TO TEN DEPOTS AND FIRE STATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, DEALING WITH ABOUT 314 CALLS PER DAY.

+ANOT HER NEW AMBULANCE DEPOT IN TAI PO HAS BEEN COMPLETED RECENTLY AND WILL BE COMMISSIONED SOON.+

THE NEW DEPOT, ADJACENT TO THE OLD TUEN MUN PIER, HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE APRIL 1 LAST YEAR, AND RESPONDED TO A TOTAL OF 10 041 EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY CALLS INVOLVING MORE THAN 14 000 PATIENTS UP TO THE END OF 1986.

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