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Hong Kong to scrap fax messaging between police and fire services for emergencies

South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong to scrap fax messaging between police and fire services for emergencies
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Hong Kong’s security chief has pledged to replace emergency fax messaging between police and firefighters with a digital system and to increase phone lines at call centres, after an inquiry into a fatal Tai Po fire revealed that residents had waited up to 15 minutes for call referrals.
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung’s remarks on Friday at a Legislative Council Finance Committee meeting followed evidence that emerged from an independent committee’s hearing that revealed a bottleneck

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