SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1994
AMONG THEM, 309 SUMMONSES WERE ISSUED UNDER THE FIRE SAFETY REGULATIONS, 22 FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS UNDER THE FACTORY
(DANGEROUS
SUBSTANCES)
AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS, FIVE FOR FIRE PRECAUTIONS IN A LEGAL NOTICE, AND ANOTHER 120 FOR CONTRAVENING OTHER SAFETY REGULATIONS.
THERE WERE ALSO SEVEN SUMMONSES AGAINST EMPLOYEES.
AMONG THEM, SIX WERE RELATED TO SMOKING IN PROHIBITED AREAS AND THE OTHER WAS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES REGULATION.
MR KAN STRESSED THAT THE CAMPAIGNS WERE AIMED AT AROUSING PROPRIETORS' AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES' AWARENESS OF THE PREVENTION OF FIRE AND CHEMICAL HAZARDS TO SAFEGUARD WORKERS.
**THE CLOSING OF THE CAMPAIGN, HOWEVER, DOES NOT MEAN THAT PRECAUTIONS MAY BE RELAXED, HE SAID.
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"FACTORY INSPECTORS WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, FIRE AND CHEMICAL SAFETY ARE BEING LOOKED AFTER IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS AT ALL TIMES, HE ADDED.
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KWUN TONG LAUNCHES DISTRICT FESTIVAL
THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT FESTIVAL 1994 WAS LAUNCHED THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON AMID THRILL AND FUN.
"CONTRIBUTE YOUR CARTS, DESIGNED
TALENTS BY THE
TO ILLUSTRATE THE FESTIVAL'S THEME FOR KWUN TONG", 15 SPECIALLY DECORATED DISTRICT'S AREA COMMITTEES, PARADED ROUND THE KOWLOON BAY SPORTS GROUND TO VIE FOR THE "BEST TEAM" AWARDS.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEES AND LOCAL GROUPS ALSO TOOK PART IN A TELEMATCH GAME TO DRIVE HOME THE IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPERATION AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
MR
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, WONG HON-HO, SAID HE HOPED THE FESTIVAL COULD HELP AROUSE RESIDENTS' INTEREST IN CONTRIBUTING THEIR TALENTS AND SKILLS ΤΟ BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY.
HE URGED LOCAL RESIDENTS TO GIVE MORE SUPPORT ΤΟ ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD BECAUSE THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDED LARGELY ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
OPENING.
A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES ARE IN THE PIPELINE FOLLOWING
TODAY'S
THESE INCLUDE A JOINT PERFORMANCE BY LOCAL GROUPS, A CARNIVAL AND PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONIES FOR THE OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS ELECTION, A CHRISTMAS CARD DESIGN COMPETITION AS WELL AS AN ESSAY COMPETITION ON "IF I WERE A KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER".
/THE FESTIVAL