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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1993

ADEQUATE FIRE PROVISION IMPORTANT TO NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT

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ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY PROVISION IS CRUCIAL TO ANY NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT. THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR LAM CHEK-YURN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF MA ON SHAN FIRE STATION, AMBULANCE DEPOT AND AMBULANCE TRAINING SCHOOL, MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT THE BUSTLING TOWNSHIP OF MA ON SHAN, WITH A POPULATION OF 120,000 HAD AN AVERAGE OF 50 FIRE CALLS AND 955 AMBULANCE CALLS BACH MONTH.

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"THE NEW FIRE STATION AND AMBULANCE DEPOT WILL GREATLY ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT FOUR FIRE APPLIANCES AND EIGHT AMBULANCES COULD QUICKLY BE DESPATCHED TO ATTEND FIRES AND EMERGENCY CALLS IN THE AREA.

TURNING TO THE AMBULANCE TRAINING SCHOOL, HE SAID THE LONG-AWAITED INSTITUTION PROVIDED AN "EXCELLENT ENVIRONMENT" FOR TRAINEES TO LEARN THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO BECOME FIRST-CLASS AMBULANCE PERSONNEL.

THE SCHOOL, BUILT AT A COST OF $48.6 MILLION, OCCUPIES THE FOUR FLOORS OF A SIX-STOREY BUILDING.

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IT HAS FIVE CLASSROOMS, FOUR SYNDICATE ROOMS, A LIBRARY, A GYMNASIUM, BARRACKS AND A 102-SEAT LECTURE HALL.

SEVENTEEN AMBULANCE

PERSONNEL WHO HAD COMPLETED THEIR PARAMEDIC TRAINING IN THE SCHOOL WERE DEPLOYED TO MAN THREE PARAMEDIC AMBULANCES ON A TRIAL BASIS.

ANOTHER 24 WILL RECEIVE SUCH TRAINING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THAT THE EVENTUAL AIM IS TO TRAIN ENOUGH STAFF TO MAN 33 PARAMEDIC AMBULANCES, MR LAM SAID.

HE THANKED ALL THOSE WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECTS FOR BRINGING THEM TO 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES.

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GOOD STANDARDS OF ENGLISH NEEDED

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HONG KONG NEEDS GOOD STANDARDS OF ENGLISH IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND TO MAINTAIN ITS POSITION AS A LEADING BUSINESS CENTRE IN ASIA, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S W WONG SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

IN THIS RESPECT, MR WONG SAID, THE BRITISH COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE THE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN HONG KONG.

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