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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1984
+ANY PERSON WHO LEAVES SMOKE LOBBY DOORS OPEN OR KEEPS THEM LOCKED IS ENDANGERING HIS OWN LIFE AND THOSE OF OTHERS.
+HE IS ALSO COMMITTING AN OFFENCE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF UP TO $25 000, HE WARNED.
THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TAKING STERN ACTION AGAINST PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE FIRE SAFETY REGULATIONS.
+DURING THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1983, A TOTAL OF 3 781 FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED, WITH 2 394 CASES BROUGHT TO COURT AND FINES OF MORE THAN $1 MILLION IMPOSED,+ MR CHOW SAID.
TAXI FARE TABLES NO NEED FOR RUSH
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TAXI CONVERSION TABLES ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPERS CAN BE USED FOR DISPLAY IN TAXIS WHEN THE NEW FARES COME INTO EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 8.
THE TABLES WILL BE PLACED AS ADVERTISMENTS ON FEBRUARY 6 AND 7 IN TWO ENGLISH AND FOUR CHINESE NEWSPAPERS.
+IN THIS CASE, TAXI OPERATORS CAN SIMPLY CUT OUT THE TABLES FROM THE NEWSPAPERS FOR USE BEFORE THE METERS ARE
RECALIBRATED. THERE IS NO NEED TO RUSH TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES ON FEBRUARY 6 TO COLLECT THE TABLES,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID.
TAXI CONVERSION TABLES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO TAXI OPERATORS AT ALL TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT LICENSING OFFICES FROM FEBRUARY 6. HOWEVER, FROM FEBRUARY 13 THE TABLES WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC VEHICLE SECTION, ROOM 906-909, HUTCHISON HOUSE, 10 HARCOURT ROAD, HONG KONG.
SIR ROBERT HO TUNG FUND ALLOCATIONS
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GRANTS TOTALLING ABOUT $9.2 MILLION FROM THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY TO 76 CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY MR GEOFFREY BARNES, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARITABLE TRUSTS IN HONG KONG. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY A BEQUEST OF $500 000 BY THE LATE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG ON HIS DEATH IN 1956. THE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE HONG KONG BANK TRUSTEE LTD.
MR BARNES