SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1992
HE STRESSED THAT COUNTRYSIDE FIRES COULD INFLICT GREAT LOSSES TO NATURAL RESOURCES, NOT TO MENTION THE FIRE-FIGHTING EFFORTS BY FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AFD, CIVIL AID SERVICES AND ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE.
IN THE PAST SEVEN DAYS, 462 HECTARES OF WILD LAND AND 21,980 TREES WERE DAMAGED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE FIRES.
"THE DAMAGES COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF COUNTRYSIDE
HAD EXERCISED GREATER CARE."
VISITORS
MR LAI POINTED OUT THAT CARELESSNESS AND NEGLIGENCE VISITORS WAS TO BLAME IN MOST CASES.
OF
"THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS TO HELP PREVENT COUNTRYSIDE FIRES IS NOT TO LIGHT FIRE AT ALL DURING THE EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD WHICH WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING, HE ADDED.
11 "BARBECUE IS ALLOWED ONLY IN DESIGNATED SITES, HE ADDED.
MR LAI POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE FORESTS AND COUNTRYSIDE ORDINANCE AND THE COUNTRY PARKS ORDINANCE то LIGHT FIRE ILLEGALLY IN A COUNTRY PARK OR ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
ILLEGAL LIGHTING OF FIRE INSIDE COUNTRY PARKS MAY LEAD TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT WHILE A SIMILAR OFFENCE COMMITTED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE CARRIES A MAXIMUM FINE OF $2,000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT.
THERE WERE FOUR PROSECUTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL USE OF FIRE IN COUNTRY PARKS LAST MONTH, ONE OF THE OFFENDERS WAS FINED $1,000.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND
MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS
*
$MILLION
OPENING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT
1,870
REVERSAL OF LAF
-370
BALANCE AFTER REVERSAL OF LAF
1,500
NET INJECTION/WITHDRAWAL TODAY
EFFECT OF LAF TODAY
CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT
LAF RATE 2.00 BID/4.00 OFFER
NIL
NIL
1,500