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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1984
CARE IN USE OF FIRES URGED
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY SOUGHT PUBLIC HELP IN PREVENTING THE OUTBREAK OF FIRES.
URGING CAUTION, PARTICULARLY DURING THE DRY SEASON, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT ALSO REMINDED PEOPLE GOING TO THE CEMETERIES TO WORSHIP TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE USE OF JOSS STICKS AND OTHER OFFERINGS FOR BURNING.
HE GAVE THE FOLLOWING ADVICE TO WORSHIPPERS:
* REMOVE ALL GRASS NEAR THE GRAVESIDE BEFORE LIGHTING
ANY ITEM.
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BURN JOSS STICKS AND CANDLES ONLY IN METAL CONTAINERS.
MAKE SURE ALL FIRES ARE EXTINGUISHED BEFORE LEAVING.
SOUND THE ALARM AT FIRST SIGN OF AN OUTBRACK OF FIRE.
AS FOR PICNICKERS, HE URGED THEM TO BARBECUE ONLY AT DESIGNATEJ AREAS.
LEARN-TO-SWIM COURSES OFFERED
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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL'S FINAL SERIES OF THE +LEARN-TO-SWIM+ COURSES DUE TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN OCTOBER 22 AND NOVEMBER 24 THIS YEAR.
THE COURSES WILL CONSIST OF 15 ONE-HOUR SESSIONS AT BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS.
THE BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR ENROLMENT AT THE BEGINNER LEVEL IS THAT PARTICIPANTS MUST BE 10 YEARS OF AGE OR ABOVE. AS FOR THE OTHER TWO CLASSES, PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO SWIM 5) METRES FOR THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL AND 400 METRES FOR THE ADVANCED LEVEL WITHOUT AID,
AS THE SWIMMING SEASON IS NEAR ING AN OFFER A WELCOME CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO WISH PERFECT THE IR SKILLS IN THE SPORT, SAID A
END, THE COURSES WILL TO LEARN TO SWIM OR TO COUNCIL SPOKESMAN.
THE BEGINNER CLASSES WILL BE HELD AT MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL, WHILE THE INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED CLASSES WILL TAKE PLACE AT TAI WAN SHAN, LAI CHI KOK, CHAI WAN AND MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES.
AT THE
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