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The fire station has attended more than 200 fire calls and over 150 special service incidents since its commissioning on May 27.

Mr Cheung noted that two ambulances were also stationed in Tung Lo Wan Fire Station to provide better ambulance services to residents in Causeway Bay and Wan Chai.

Tung Lo Wan Fire Station, a modern station cost about $30 million, is provided with three fire appliances and manned by 75 fire personnel.

The Fire Services Department at present operates 65 fire stations and plans to commission three more in 1997.

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Labour Department improves services to the public

The Labour Department will further improve its services to the public by adding six new pledges on performance standards and targets to its Performance Pledge 1997, said the Commissioner for labour, Miss Jacqueline Willis.

Speaking at a press conference on "Serving the Community Week" and "Performance Pledge 1997" today (Monday), Miss Willis said these additional standards and targets were under the service areas of employment service for able- bodied and disabled job-seekers, promotion of industrial safety, and also the adjudication of minor employment claims by the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board.

These new targets are as follows:

To provide written guidelines to able-bodied job-seekers for employment assistance;

To entertain immediately requests from non-governmental organisations and schools for free loan service of videos from Selective Placement Division;