WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1990
FIRE SAFETY ADVICE FOR GRAVE-SWEEPERS
THE AGRICULTURE
AND
FISHERIES
ADVISED GRAVE-SWEEPERS TO TAKE EXTRA CARE IN COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL PERIOD.
DEPARTMENT
TODAY
(WEDNESDAY) HANDLING FIRES IN THE
LAY,
OF
THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS OFFICER, MR RAYMOND
HANDLING SET IN, DRY SEASON
ANY CARELESS HAS AS THE WORSHIPPING ITEMS COULD EASILY SET THE COUNTRYSIDE ABLAZE.
SAID
"IN THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL DAY LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 64 FIRE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED. AMONG THEM, 13 OCCURRED IN COUNTRY
HE SAID. DAMAGING 35 HECTARES OF PLANTATION AND 540 TREES,
NEGLIGENCE
HE SAID ALL THESE FIRES WERE CAUSED BY HUMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF PEOPLE OBSERVED A FEW SIMPLE RULES.
HILL
PARKS,
WHICH
THESE RULES ARE:
*
BURN WORSHIPPING ITEMS ONLY IN METAL CONTAINERS;
*
DO NOT UNATTENDED;
LEAVE
LIGHTED
CANDLES,
JOSS
STICKS
AND
PAPERS
MAKE SURE ALL
WORSHIPPING ITEMS ARE LEAVING THE GRAVE SITES.
EXTINGUISHED
BEFORE
IN FACT, PROVIDED FOR PROMINENT LOCATIONS INSIDE
MR LAY ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD, THESE PEOPLE METAL CONTAINERS IN VARIOUS THE COUNTRY PARK.
BE CAREFUL WITH BURNING TRIBUTES IN CHUNG YEUNG: FSD REMINDED
AND
PAPER
PEOPLE ARE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD BE
JOSS STICKS DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL.
TRIBUTES WHEN
CAREFUL WITH BURNING
THEIR WORSHIPPING
ANCESTORS
A FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
SAID SPOKESMAN
TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FROM RESULTING
CARELESS BURNING THAT THE NUMBER OF FIRES
OF JOSS GRAVE-SWEEPING STICKS AND PAPER TRIBUTES WAS ALWAYS HIGHER DURING THE PERIODS IN APRIL AND OCTOBER.
SEVEN OUT OF 80 FIRES OF THIS NATURE IN THE FIRST EIGHT
LAST YEAR, 16
ALONE.
MONTHS FIRES
IN APRIL
SUCH OF THIS YEAR OCCURRED OCCURRED IN APRIL AND 54 OCCURRED IN OCTOBER, AGAINST A TOTAL OF 209.
/"WORSHIPPERS MUST