THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1977
+THIS IS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THE HARD WORK PUT IN BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES INTO MAKING THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE YEAR A VERY MEMORABLE ONE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.+
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EVENT.
PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. TWO GOVERNMENT VANS WILL LEAVE FROM BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI SUB-POOL AT 4.15 P.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO TAKE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES TO AND LATER BACK FROM YUEN LONG. AN INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
PRESS BADGES AND COPIES OF A YUEN LONG CELEBRATION PROGRAMME, WHICH CONTAINS A ROUTE MAP OF THE PROCESSION, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE G.1.S. PRESS BOXES.
OVER 1,000 DOMESTIC UNITS INSPECTED IN FIRE PREVENTION SURVEY
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING CARRIED OUT A FIRE PREVENTION SURVEY ON DOMESTIC PREMISES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.
MORE THAN 1,000 UNITS IN 12 DOMESTIC BUILDINGS CHOSEN AT RANDOM WERE INSPECTED,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME A SURVEY OF THIS SCALE WAS CONDUCTED ON DOMESTIC PREMISES.
HE SAID MORE SUCH INSPECTIONS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT DURING THE FORTHCOMING FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN WHICH IS AIMED AT DRIVING HOME THE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF FIRE IN A CROWDED MULTI-STOREY ENVIRONMENT.
DURING THE SURVEY THIS MORNING, SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE MEANS OF ESCAPE, INSTALLATION OF METAL GATES AND ROOFTOP EXITS OF THE BUILDINGS.
AS A RESULT SEVEN FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE SERVED FOR SERIOUS OBSTRUCTION. THIRTY-FIVE NOTICES WOULD BE SERVED LATER ON TENANTS OF PREMISES WITH MINOR FIRE HAZARDS.
FURTHERMORE, THREE CASES OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON ROOFTOPS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE FOR ACTION.
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