WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1980
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FIRE PREVENTION CHECK IN TSUEN WAN
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FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU (FPB) OFFICERS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CARRIED OUT AN INSPECTION ON ABOUT 1 000 TSUEN WAN FACTORIES IN AN EFFORT TO REMOVE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS.
AS A RESULT, 161 FACTORIES WERE ISSUED ON THE SPOT WITH FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES MOSTLY FOR CAUSING OBSTRUCTION IN COMMON AREAS AND ON STAIRCASES. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE HAZARDS WITHIN A STIPULATED PERIOD OF TIME.
IN ADDITION, FOUR FACTORIES WILL BE SUMMONSED SHORTLY FOR THE RECURRENCE OF THE FIRE HAZARDS, A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
DURING THE SIX-HOUR OPERATION, THE OFFICERS VISITED 982 FACTORIES IN 32 INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
LED BY DIVISIONAL OFFICER, MR KWAN SAI-YIU, THE FIRE OFFICERS FOUND MANY STAIRWAYS, COMMON CORRIDORS, FIRE EXITS AND LIFT LOBBIES BLOCKED WITH PAPER CARTONS AND UNFINISHED PRODUCTS.
MR KWAN SAID AFTER THE INSPECTION THAT THE GENERAL FIRE PREVENTION SITUATION IN THE AREA WAS FAIR.
+DESPITE GREAT EFFORTS BY FPB OFFICERS AND OPERATIONAL STAFF, MANY FACTORIES ARE STILL USING STAIRWAYS AND LIFT LOBBIES AS CONVENIENT STORAGE AREAS DISREGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE IR STAFF AND OTHERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
DURING TODAY'S OPERATION FIRE OFFICERS ALSO FOUND 63 CASES OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING ALTERATIONS, ILLEGAL ROOFTOP STRUCTURES USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES AND BREACH OF LEASING CONDITIONS,
IN ADDITION, ABOUT 20 OFFICERS AND MEN FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES OPERATIONAL COMMAND ALSO CARRIED OUT THEIR DAILY INSPECTION IN THE SAME AREA. +THE PURPOSE OF THE DAILY VISIT IS TO ALLOW OPERATIONAL STAFF TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH DIFFERENT PREMISES AND TO TRY AND KEEP STAIRCASES FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ IT IS THE AIM TO KEEP UP THE FIRE SERVICES PRESENCE IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO KEEP FACTORY OWNERS AND OPERATORS ON THEIR TOE CONCERNING SAFETY REGULATIONS, HE ADDED.