FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1979
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+HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC GROWTH OVER THE LAST QUARTER OF A CENTURY HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. A GREAT PART OF THIS SUCCESS WAS DUE TO THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE RESPONSIBLE AND IMAGINATIVE FINANICAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS.
+OUR INDUSTRY HAS GROWN AND OUR TRADE HAS REACHED ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD. THIS EXTRAORDINARY EXPANSION HAS BEEN GIVEN INDISPENSABLE SUPPORT BY THE GROWTH, SPECIALISATION AND SOPHISTICATION OF OUR BANKING AND COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
+THIS REQUIRES AN INCREASING NUMBER OF HIGHLY TRAINED STAFF AND IT IS EXTREMELY GRATIFYING TO SEE AN ENLIGHTENED BANK LIKE THE HANG SENG RECOGNISING THIS REQUIREMENT AND MEETING IT THROUGH ITS OWN ENDEAVOURS.
+THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE WILL MAKE A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN A FIELD IN WHICH IT IS MOST BADLY
NEEDED.
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+ WISH THE SCHOOL, ITS FOUNDERS, TEACHERS AND FUTURE STUDENTS EVERY SUCCESS.+
GRAVEYARD VISITORS WARNED OF HIGH RISK OF FIRE OUTBREAKS
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THE RISK OF FIRE OUTBREAKS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAVEYARDS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH AS THERE HAD BEEN NO RAIN FOR THE PAST 36 DAYS, THE COUNTRY PARKS PROTECTION OFFICER, MR CHONG SING-LAI, WARNED TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE URGED VISITORS TO GRAVEYARDS AND THE COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE WEEKEND TO EXERCISE UTMOST CAUTION TO PREVENT FIRE BREAKING OUT.
DURING OCTOBER THIS YEAR, SOME 200 000 TREES WERE DESTROYED AND OVER 1 600 HECTARES OF VEGETATION WERE DAMAGED BY FIRE, MR CHONG SAID.
+ALL THE FIRES WERE CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS, HE ADDED.
+PAST APPEALS TO WORSHIPPERS TO BE CAREFUL WHEN BURNING JOSS-STICKS AND PAPERS AT GRAVEYARDS SEEMED TO HAVE LITTLE EFFECT, MR CHONG SAID.
+THESE CARELESS PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO REALISE THAT THE BURIAL GROUND IS A PLACE OF BEAUTY AND PEACE, AND THE FIRES AROUND THE GRAVES CAN ONLY SCAR THE TRANQUILITY OF THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY+.
+ IT TAKES YEARS FOR THE VEGETATION TO BE RESTORED TO ITS NATURAL STATE AND DURING THAT TIME THE AREA IS BLACK AND UGLY,+ MR CHONG SAID.
+ THE REAL RESPONSIBILITY IN FIRE PREVENTION GREATLY LIES WITH THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE COUNTRYSIDE, HE ADDED,
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