SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1982
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FRESH WATER PUMPING STATION FOR QUARRY BAY
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A FRESH WATER PUMPING STATION IS TO BE BUILT SHORTLY AT THE JUNCTION OF QUARRY BAY STREET AND MOUNT PARKER ROAD IN QUARRY BAY.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH FORMS PART OF A WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE FRESH WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM IN SHAU KEI WAN AND CHAI WAN AREAS, ARE BEING INVITED.
WORK ON THE NEW PUMPING STATION WILL START IN NOVEMBER AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER NEXT YEAR.
HUNG MING LANTERNS ARE FIRE HAZARDS
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THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED THE PUBLIC NOT TO RELEASE ANY HUNG MING LANTERN TO PREVENT FIRES, SPECIALLY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
A SPOKESMAN SAID A LARGE NUMBER OF SERIOUS HILL FIRES RESULTED FROM HUNG MING LANTERNS — BALLOONS TRADITIONALLY RELEASED DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE MID-AUTUMN AND CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVALS.
+THE LAUNCHING OF SUCH LANTERNS IN ANY PART OF THE TERRITORY IS AN OFFENCE, LIABLE TO A FINE OF $5 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR ONE YEAR, HE SAID.
HE ALSO APPEALED FOR CO-OPERATION FROM VISITORS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE TO TAKE SPECIAL CARE TO PREVENT FIRES DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL WHICH FALLS ON OCTOBER 25 THIS YEAR.
+WITH THE APPROACHING OF THE MUCH DRIER WEATHER, THE COUNTRYSIDE IS MOST AT RISK AND SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID WHEN BURNING JOSS-STICKS OR OTHER WORSHIPPING PAPERS,+ HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, THE CNTA HAS WRITTEN TO THE CHAIRMAN AND
VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, ASKING THEM TO CONVEY THE FIRE PREVENTION MESSAGE TO THE CHAIRMEN OF ALL 27 RURAL COMMITTEES AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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