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TUESDAY, MARCH 26,

1991

"TODAY, IT COMPRISES ONE MARKET TOWN, THREE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, THREE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ESTATES, ONE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AND 20 INDIGENOUS VILLAGES," MR CHEUNG SAID.

THE POPULATION OF SHEUNG SHUI WILL BE APPROACHING 100,000 WHEN SEVERAL LARGE PRIVATE ESTATES ARE COMPLETED LATER THIS YEAR.

MR CHEUNG SAID AS THERE WAS A VAST EXPANSE OF WOODLANDS IN AREA, HILLFIRES WERE COMMON IN WINTER.

THE

NOT ONLY MET

"THE COMMISSIONING OF THIS NEW FIRE STATION HAS THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENTS AND NEEDS IN THE 90'S, BUT HAS ALSO MARKED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHEUNG SHUI," HE SAID.

THE $10.4 MILLION, FOUR-STOREY NEW FIRE STATION OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 2,016 SQUARE METRES, AND PROVIDES A LARGE SPACE FOR ACCOMMODATING SEVERAL MODERN FIRE APPLIANCES.'

THE DRILL GROUND ALSO PROVIDES AMPLE SPACE FOR THE FIRE BRIDGADES TO TAKE FIRE DRILLS DAILY TO ENHANCE THEIR EFFICIENCY.

LAST YEAR THE FIRE SERVICES RESPONDED ΤΟ 414 FIRE CALLS IN SHEUNG SHUI, THREE OF WHICH WERE NO. 3 ALARM FIRES; AND THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SPECIAL SERVICES, SUCH AS RESCUING PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS OR TRAPPED IN LIFTS, WAS 181.

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR LAM ATTENDED TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY.

CHEK-YUEN, ALSO

BUS FRANCHISE PARTICULARS TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY

*

AROUND MID-APRIL THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL INVITE TENDERS

CENTRAL FOR THE FRANCHISE TO OPERATE A NEW BUS SERVICE PLYING BETWEEN

ANNOUNCED TODAY DISTRICT AND MACDONNELL ROAD, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN (TUESDAY).

AN ASSESSMENT

COMPRISING COMMITTEE

REPRESENTATIVES

FROM

THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING AGAINST CORRUPTION WILL BE SET UP TO EVALUATE THE BUS ROUTE TENDERS.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT COMPETE ON THE BASIS OF EXPERIENCE SERVICE PROPOSED.

AND

TENDERERS WILL BE EXPECTED THE LEVEL AND STANDARD

TO

OF

CRITERIA, BASED ON A SET OF ESTABLISHED

THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO

SUCCESSFUL TENDERER, MAKING A DECISION TO AWARD THE FRANCHISE TO THE HE ADDED.

ASSESSMENT

THE

FOR

/TENDER NOTICE