MACAO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A newly-commissioned emergency response center in Macao will enhance the authorities' capability of comprehensive alert and crisis response, the special administrative region (SAR)'s chief executive said after Macao unveiled its new civil emergency response center on Tuesday.
Macao SAR Chief Executive Chui Sai On visited the center after presiding over the inauguration ceremony.
It is very important to keep people calm when facing emergencies, which is one of the main purpose for setting up this new center with effective information distribution channel, he said.
Macao's police chief Ma Io Kun said at the inauguration ceremony that the new civil emergency response center can help the government and its departments make faster and more accurate joint operation when there is any major accident or civil emergency in the SAR.
The new center is located on the third floor of the immigration department building in Taipa District, covering over 800 square meters to provide spaces for as many as 27 government departments and organizations related to emergency response.
It has rooms with designated functions such as radio control, operation plan, meeting and video monitoring.
The center has been used for trial operation since April 25.
After four weeks' smooth trial, the personnel in charge have been familiar with necessary procedures and regulations, and now the center is run 24 hours every day by officers from Macao's Customs, Public Security Police Force and Fire Bureau.
