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SUNDAY, JANUARY 29. 1984
PICNICKERS MUST USE DESIGNATED AREAS FOR BARBECUE AND THEY MUST ENSURE ALL FIRES ARE COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHED BEFORE THEY LEAVE. BETTER STILL, THEY SHOULD BRING PRE-COOKED FOOD.
+ANYONE WHO CAUSES A FIRE IN THE COUNTRY PARK IS LIABLE TO
A FINE OF $5 000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT. THE PENALTY FOR CAUSING A FIRE ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IS $2 000, THE SPOKESMAN WARNED.
NEED FOR VENTILATION STRESSED
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, IN ITS ON-GOING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CAMPAIGNS, IS GIVING SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE PREVENTION OF POISONING BY TOXIC GASES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ADEQUATE VENTILATION IN WORKPLACES.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THREE SPECIAL TV API'S (ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTERESTS) NAMELY, +VENTILATION+. +TOXIC CHEMICALS+ AND CORROSIVE CHEMICALS+ ARE CURRENTLY BEING SCREENED ON BOTH THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE CHANNELS OF ATV AND TVB.
A SPECIAL POSTER ON +VENTILATION HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE TV API ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, CONTINUES TO ADVISE FACTORY PROPRIETORS ON THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADEQUATE VENTILATION OF WORKROOMS AND AT THE SAME TIME TO ENFORCE THE SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS CONCERNING GENERAL VENTILATION OF WORKROOMS AND LOCAL EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR SPECIAL PROCESSES UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAK INGS REGULATIONS.
DURING THEIR INSPECTIONS TO FACTORIES THEY PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO PROCESSES WHICH MAY GENERATE TOXIC GASES WITHOUT ADEQUATE VENTILATION, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO ASSIST INDUSTRY IN ALL MATTERS CONCERNING SAFETY AND HEALTH.
+ANY INDUSTRIALIST WHO HAS ANY DOUBTS ON ANY SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD RELATING TO HIS PLANT OR MACHINERY IS STRONGLY URGED TO CONSULT THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE WHOSE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FREE AT ALL BRANCH OFFICES OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE, LOCATED IN MOST OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR, HE ADDED.
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