FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1936
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FIRE PREVENTION DISPLAY STAGED IN SHAM SHUI PO
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THE FIRST FIRE PREVENTION EXHIBITION DURING THE PREVAIL ING DRY WEATHER WILL BE HELD THIS SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 9) FROM NOON TO 3 PM AT MAPLE STREET PLAYGROUND IN SHAM SHUI PO.
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ON DISPLAY TOGETHER WITH FIRE FIGHTING APPLIANCES, AMBULANCES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT WILL BE SETS OF EDUCATIONAL PANELS ADVISING THE PUBLIC TO BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE WHETHER THEY ARE AT HOME OR IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
A SECTION OF THE DISPLAY MATERIAL EMPHASISES THE DANGER POSED BY SMOKE FROM FIRES AND ADVISES THE PUBLIC OF THE +DO'S+ AND +DON'TS+ SHOULD FIRE OCCUR.
EIGHT SIMILAR EXHIBITIONS WILL BE HELD ON A BI-WEEKLY BASIS IN OTHER DENSELY POPULATED AREAS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE COMING WINTER MONTHS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY WORK ING GROUP SAID THE EXHIBITIONS ARE INTENDED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE CONSTANT NEED TO PREVENT FIRE OUTBREAKS IN THE DRY WINTER MONTHS.
+ THE DANGER OF SMOKE IS STRESSED AS EXPERIENCE TELLS US THAT MOST FIRE VICTIMS DIED FROM SUFFOCATION RATHER THAN BURNS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
EFFECT
*THE EXHIBITIONS WILL MAKE THE PUBLIC REALISE THAT THE OF SMOKE CAN ACTUALLY BE MINIMISED CONSIDERABLY IF THEY WOULD LISTEN TO FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S ADVICE TO KEEP SMOKE LOBBY DOORS IN GOOD CONDITION AND CLOSED.+
VISITORS TO THE FIRE PREVENTION EXHIBITION WILL RECEIVE AN INFORMATIVE FIRE PREVENTION LEAFLET, A 1987 CALENDAR CARD AND GIVE AWAY ITEMS SPONSORED BY THE KWONG ON BANK LTD.
SAI KUNG TO HOLD BLOOD DONATION DAY
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SAI KUNG RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A BLOOD DONATION DAY TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 AT THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL,
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION PROMOTION COMMITTEE AND THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE, THE BLOOD DONATION DAY IS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO GIVE BLOOD AND TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE.
/THE BLOOD .........