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+ON COMPLETION, THE BUILDING IS INSPECTED TO ENSURE THAT ALL SUCH INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
+THEREAFTER IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER TO ENSURE THAT THESE FACILITIES ARE KEPT IN EFFICIENT WORKING ORDER AND ARE INSPECTED BY A REGISTERED CONTRACTOR AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS, HE SAID, ADDING THAT 10 PER CENT OF ALL SUCH INSTALLATIONS WERE CHECKED ANNUALLY BY THE FIRE SERVICES.
REFERRING TO THE INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU,MR. DAVIES SAID ABOUT 151 000 OF THE TOTAL WERE IN RESPECT OF STAIRCASES AND MEANS OF ESCAPE.
ALTHOUGH SEPARATE STATISTICS WERE NOT KEPT FOR FACTORIES, INCLUDED IN THE FIGURES WERE 2 720 INSPECTIONS OF THE 1 730 DANGEROUS GOODS STORES, HE ADDED.
MR. DAVIES STRESSED THAT WHERE FIRE HAZARDS WERE IDENTIFIED. ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED TO THE OWNERS AND PROSECUTION MIGHT FOLLOW IF THE HAZARD WAS NOT REMOVED WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME.
+ IN THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 1979, + HE SAID, +9 663 SUCH NOTICES WERE ISSUED IN RESPECT OF ALL TYPES OF PREMISES AND 3 422 PROSECUTIONS FOLLOWED INCLUDING 109 FOR THE IMPROPER STORAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS, HE SAID.
REVENUE REWARD FUND TO BE WOUND UP
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE THE REVENUE REWARD FUND WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1, 1980 AND TO TRANSFER ITS ASSETS OF MORE THAN $218 000 AT MARCH 31, 1979 TO THE GENERAL REVENUE.
MOVING THE RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN JULY 1949 WITH TWO PURPOSES:
* TO RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OF CONFISCATED CONTRABAND
UNDER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT ORDINANCE OR THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE, AND FINES IMPOSED FOR OFFENCES UNDER THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE- AND
* TO PAY REWARDS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE FORFEITURE OF CONTRABAND OR TO THE CONVICTION OF ANY PERSON OF AN OFFENCE RELATED TO THE CONTRABAND.
+ IN VIEW OF THE SMALL NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS PASSED THROUGH THE FUND IN RECENT YEARS, AND THE CONSIDERABLE ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT WORK INVOLVED, IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE FUND SHOULD BE WOUND UP,+ SIR PHILIP SAID.
/WITH THE