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MAKE SURE ALL BURNING ITEMS ARE EXTINGUISHED BEFORE LEAVING GRAVE SITES.
MR LAU ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS ILLEGAL TO LIGHT FIRE- CRACKERS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AS IN ANYWHERE IN THE TERRITORY.
+OFFENDERS WILL BE PROSECUTED AND FACE HEAVY FINES,+ HE
SAID.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE DEPARTMENT'S FIRE PROTECTION OPERATION AT TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK ON SUNDAY.
TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON, AT 9.30 AM.
FURTHER LISTS OF TRAVEL AGENTS PUBLISHED
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TWO SUPPLEMENTARY LISTS OF LICENSED TRAVEL AGENTS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
ONE IS A LIST OF 119 NEW TRAVEL AGENTS WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE REGISTER OF LICENSED TRAVEL AGENTS BETWEEN MARCH AND AUGUST THIS YEAR.
THE OTHER IS A LIST OF 256 TRAVEL AGENTS WHOSE LICENCES EXPIRED BUT HAVE BEEN RENEWED DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
THE REGISTRAR OF TRAVEL AGENTS, MR N.H. YEUNG, SAID THE LISTS WERE SUPPLEMENTARY TO A LIST GAZETTED ON MARCH 14, UNDER REGULATION 4(2) OF THE TRAVEL AGENTS REGULATIONS.
MR YEUNG SAID 1 034 TRAVEL AGENTS HAD NOW BEEN LICENSED SINCE THE TRAVEL AGENTS ORDINANCE TOOK EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 1 THIS YEAR.
OF THESE, A TOTAL OF 1 018 HAD BEEN LISTED EITHER IN THE GAZETTE OF MARCH 14 OR IN TODAY'S ISSUE.
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