MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1984
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IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1984, 132 PROSECUTIONS WERE TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DPEARTMENT AGAINST FACTORY OWNERS WHO FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS, RESULTING IN A TOTAL FINE OF $155 050.
+I WISH TO REMIND THEM, IN VIEW OF THE RECENT BIG FIRE IN A PLAST LCS. FACTORY IN ABERDEEN, THAT THEY SHOULD MAINTAIN EVERY DOORWAY, STAIRWAY AND PASSAGEWAY IN THEIR FACTORIES FREE FROM OBSTRUCTION AT ALL TIMES, MR HO SAID.
WHERE SQUATTER AREAS ARE CONCERNED, MR CHU STRESSED IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT NOT TO BLOCK ESCAPE ROUTES WITH JUNK OR ILLEGAL HUT EXTENSIONS.
+ IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY ONE LIVING IN SQUATTER AREAS TO SEE THAT THE ESCAPE ROUTES ARE FREE FROM OBSTRUCTION, HE ADDED.
MR CHU REPORTED THAT THE SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENTS DIVISION OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAD FORMED FIRE BREAKS IN A NUMBER OF CONGESTED SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS IN KWUN TONG, DIAMOND HILL AND SHAU KEI WAN.
THESE FIRE BREAKS, TOGETHER WITH OTHER INSTALLATIONS, SUCH AS FIRE MAINS, HYDRANTS AND FIRE ESCAPE ROUTES, HAD PROVED VERY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING FIRE HAZARDS IN SQUATTER" AREAS.
FOR THIS YEAR'S FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN, A NEW 30-SECOND TV API (ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST) HAS BEEN PRODUCED, WITH "OBSTRUCTION AS THE THEME. IT WILL BE SCREENED ON TELEVISION, STARTING TONIGHT.
THE FILM PORTRAYS A REALISTIC FIRE SITUATION AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG BOY.
THE STORY REACHES ITS CLIMAX WHEN THE FAMILY, IN TRYING TO ESCAPE. FINDS IN DESPAIR THAT THE ONLY WAY OUT IS BLOCKED BY AN IMPENETRABLE BARRIER OF JUNK.
THROUGH THE FAMILY'S BROKEN DIALOGUE, THE DO'S AND DON'TS
IN CASE OF A FIRE OUTBREAK ARE ALSO CONVEYED.
THE TV API WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY POSTERS AND RADIO MESSAGES.
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