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SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1975.
HELP KEEP COUNTRYSIDE GREEN, URGES FIRE SERVICES
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A FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY THOSE TRAVELLING TO THE COUNTRYSIDE, OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PREVENT FIRES.
+THOUSANDS OF TREES ARE DESTROYED AND LARGE TRACTS OF COUNTRYSIDE SPOILT BY FIRE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF CARELESSNESS,+ HE SAID.
+FIRE PREVENTION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IS THE SAME AS ANYWHERE ELSE ALL IT REQUIRES IS A LITTLE CARE AND THOUGHT.+
HE BLAMED. CARELESS SMOKERS FOR MANY OF THE FIRES AND URGED THEM TO MAKE SURE CIGARETTE ENDS AND MATCHES ARE PROPERLY EXTINGUISHED DEFORE DISPOSING OF THEM.
+GROUPS OF PEOPLE HOLDING BARBECUES ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF FIRES, HE ADDED. +THEY EITHER LIGHT THE FIRES IN THE WRONG PLACES, FAIL TO GUARD THEM WHILE THEY ARE BURNING OR NEGLECT TO PUT THEM OUT DEFORE LEAVING.+
HE URGED THOSE INTENDING TO HOLD BARBECUES TO USE ONLY THOSE AREAS SET ASIDE FOR THE PURPOSE BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
39 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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A TOTAL OF 39 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY LAST MONTH COMPARED WITH 56 IN MARCH LAST YEAR.
THE PLANS INCLUDED 14 FOR COMBINED APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDING RANGING FROM FOUR TO TWENTY-FOUR STOREYS IN HEIGHT. FOUR OF THESE NEW BUILDING COMPLEXES, INCLUDING A 20-STOREY BUILDING, ARE AT TAI PO.
OTHERS INCLUDED TWO SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN SAU MAU PING, THREE FACTORY BUILDINGS IN KOWLOON AND A 17-STOREY GODOWN BUILDING
IN TSUEN VAN.
FIFTEEN OF THE THIRTY-NINE PLANS WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE WERE FOR KOWLOON AND THE REMAINING FIFTEEN WERE FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DURING THE MONTH, APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR 46 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS TO BEGIN WORK.
THEY INCLUDED THE AIR CARGO TERMINAL BUILDING AT KAI TAI AIRPORT, THE LIBRARY AND CAR PARK OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, AND TWO SCHOOLS IN STUBBS ROAD AND GUILDFORD ROAD/WATFORD ROAD IN THE UPPER-LEVELS.
AT THE SAME TIME, APPROVAL WAS GIVEN FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 17 BUILDINGS - NINE IN HONG KONG, SIX IN KOWLOON AND TWO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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