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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1983
TIPS ON FIRE PREVENTION OVER LUNAR NEW YEAR
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THE PUBLIC WERE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) URGED TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO FIRE RISKS DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY WORKING GROUP SAID, ALTHOUGH THE HUMIDITY LEVEL THIS WINTER IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL, PEOPLE SHOULD STILL BE ON THEIR GUARD AGAINST FIRE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FESTIVE PERIOD WHEN HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND COOKING STOVES ARE FREQUENTLY USED.+
+ELECTRICAL FAULTS AND CARELESS HANDLING OF CIGARETTES MATCHES AND WORSHIPPING ITEMS CAUSED NEARLY 50 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FIRE OUTBREAKS IN 1982, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING BASIC FIRE PREVENTION RULES:
* MAKE SURE ALL HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ARE IN
GOOD WORKING CONDITION.
* AVOID OVERLOADING THE POWER POINTS.
* COOKING FACILITIES IN USE MUST BE ATTENDED TO.
* SWITCH OFF ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE LEAVING HOME.
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KEEP MATCHES AND LIGHTERS OUT OF CHILDREN'S REACH.
* BURN JOSS-STICKS, JOSS-CANDLES, AND PAPER MONEY ETC.
IN METAL CONTAINERS AND KEEP THEM AWAY FROM ANY INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL.
* PROVIDE VISITORS WITH ENOUGH ASHTRAYS AND BEFORE YOU EMPTY AN ASHTRAY, MAKE SURE THE ASHES AND ALL CIGARETTE BUTTS ARE EXTINGUISHED.
* NEVER STORE MORE THAN ONE CONTAINER OF FUEL AT ONE TIME AND
KEEP IT WELL AWAY FROM ANY SOURCE OF HEAT.
* DO NOT FILL A KEROSENE STOVE OR HEATER WHEN IT IS ALIGHT.
* KEEP THE CORRIDORS AND STAIRCASES FREE FROM OBSTRUCTION.
HE ALSO ADVISED COUNTRYSIDE VISITORS AND PICNICKERS TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE.
IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF 1982, 28 PEOPLE WERE FINED A TOTAL OF $10 700 FOR LIGHTING FIRES ILLEGALLY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, HE POINTED OUT.
/+PICNICKERS