SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1985
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FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
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HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, MOSTLY RESIDENTS OF WONG TAI SIN, ENJOYED AN EVENTFUL AFTERNOON AT MORSE PARK TODAY WHEN FIREMEN DEMONSTRATED SPECTACULAR SELF-RESCUE JUMPS AND FIRE-FIGHTING TECHNIQUES AS PART OF THE 1985-86 FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN.
THE ANNUAL EVENT WAS STAGED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN THE RISK OF FIRE WAS EXTREMELY HIGH.
ATTRACTIONS INCLUDED A PERFORMANCE BY THE CAPE COLL INSON MARCHING BAND, SINGERS, A MAGICIAN, ACROBATIC DISPLAYS, AND A MODERN DANCE PERFORMANCE IN WHICH THE AUDIENCE WAS INVITED TO JOIN IN.
DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR K.W. HODGKINS, CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO PREVENTING FIRES AS EACH FIRE MEANT A LOSS TO SOMEONE, SOMETIMES IN MONETARY TERMS OR
IN SOMEONE'S LIFE.
+ IT HAS BEEN SAID ON MANY OCCASIONS THAT IF YOU REALLY ANALYSE THE CAUSE OF FIRES YOU CAN IN THE END ONLY COME TO ONE CONCLUSION AND THAT IS CARELESSNESS, HE SAID.
+STILL THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS REMAINS, CARELESS HANDLING OR DISPOSAL OF CIGARETTE ENDS, MATCHES AND CANDLES, CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY FOOD LEFT ON COOKING STOVES AND BECOMING OVERCOOKED AND BURNT.+
MR HODGKINS SAID THAT IT ONLY TOOK A LITTLE THOUGHT AND CARE TO PREVENT FIRES.
+DON'T LET CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO MATCHES, DISPOSE CIGARETTE ENDS PROPERLY OR BETTER STILL WHY NOT STOP SMOKING. DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT CHECK ING THE KITCHEN TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVEN'T LEFT SOMETHING COOKING.+
MR HODGKINS NOTED THAT CAMPAIGNS HELD IN PREVIOUS YEARS HAD SERVED THEIR PURPOSE AS THE PUBLIC DID HEED TO ADVICE.
+BUT WE ALL STILL NEED TO CONTINUE OUR OWN FIRE PREVENTION IN THE HOME AND WORKPLACE IF WE ARE TO CUT DOWN ON THE INCIDENTS OF FIRE, HE SAID.
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