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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1990

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AIRPORT RESCUE VESSEL COMMISSIONED

COST $10 A NEW AIRPORT RESCUE VESSEL, CIVIL AVIATION 3, WHICH

(FRIDAY) COMMISSIONED BY THE MILLION TO BUILD AND EQUIP, WAS TODAY SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN.

THE

23-METRE,

ALUMINIUM

CATAMARAN,

WAS BUILT IN A LOCAL WAS BROUGHT INTO

SHIPYARD AND REPLACES THE EXISTING CATAMARAN WHICH SERVICE IN 1973.

SPEAKING AT THE

MRS CEREMONY, COMMISSIONING

GOVERNMENT CATAMARAN WAS THE FASTEST FIRE BOAT IN THE FIRE-FIGHTING BOAT WITH RESCUE FACILITIES IN HONG KONG.

CHAN SAID THE AND THE ONLY

25 KNOTS WHICH IT HAS A MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SPEED IN EXCESS OF

IF REQUIRED ΤΟ,

LEI YUE

ITS MEANS THAT IT COULD,

MUN FROM MOORING POSITION AT THE AIRPORT SUR-FIRE STATION WITHIN SEVEN MINUTES.

REACH

IT IS

HIGHLY

MANEUVERABLE

PERSONS ON BOARD PLUS 260 ON EIGHT RESCUE A FULL PASSENGER LOAD OF A EVER BE NECESSARY.

BUT ST. BLE, LIFE

KAFTS.

747 BOEING

AND CAN

250 IT COULD THEREFORE AIRCRAFT SHOULD THIS

CARRY

CONSTRUCT THIS

10 MONTHS "IT HAS TAKEN

TO

VESSEL EXACTING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS SPECIFIED BY OUR CIVIL AVIATION, SERVICES AND MARINE DEPARTMENT, SHE SAID.

WITH THIS LATEST ADDITION

FLEET OF APPLIANCES,

то

THE FIRE

MRS CHAN

то SAID

THE AIRPORT FIRE

THE

CONTINGENT'S TO GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY ACCIDENT AT OR AROUND THE

RESPOND PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY TO ANY AIRPORT WOULD BE ENHANCED.

CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY A SINGLE SHE NOTED THAT DESPITE THE

AREA, KAI TAK HAD RUNWAY IN THE MIDST OF A VERY DENSELY POPULATED

PRESSURES OF AIR TRAFFIC COPED REMARKABLY WELL WITH THE INCREASING GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS.

AT "THE GOVERNMENT HAS SPARED NO EFFORTS TO IMPROVE FACILITIES

GO то THE MEN AND THE AIRPORT BUT A GREAT DEAL OF THE CREDIT MUST WOMEN

UNDER VERY TRYING

WHO WORK AT THE

CIRCUMSTANCES.

SOMETIMES AIRPORT,

THE MRS CHAN PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DIRECTOR AND HIS STAFF AND TO

THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE STAFF OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT,

MANY FORCE, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THE

THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO CO-OPERATED IN ENSURING OF SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY AT THE AIRPORT.

SAID.

"WE HAVE A RECORD OF WHICH ALL CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY

PROUD, SHE

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