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British Forces to team up with PLA for rugby
The British Forces and People's Liberation Army (PLA) will, for the first time in their sporting history, combine to form a joint rugby team to play a visiting team from the United Kingdom on Monday (April 1).
The match, against Kidderminister Rugby Football Club, will start at 10.30 am and will be played on the Flying Kukris' pitch at Borneo Lines at Sek Kong.
Lunch will be served in the clubhouse after the game and before the PLA team depart from Hong Kong. The PLA team had taken part in the Carlsberg Tens Competition.
This is a special and unique occasion, not only the first sporting fixture with PLA, but also represents the first contact at "grassroots" level between the British Forces and PLA.
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Fire safety advice for grave-sweepers
The Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) today (Friday) urged the public to take extra care in handling fire when visiting ancestral graves in the countryside during the coming Ching Ming and Easter holidays.
The department's Country Parks Protection Officer, Mr Edmond Lam, pointed out that most of the countryside fires were caused by human negligence.
"The potential fire risk is especially high during this grave-sweeping season when crowds of people go to countryside and burn worshipping items in graveyards." he said.
rules."
"However, such accidents could be prevented if they followed a few simple
These rules include:
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Burn worshipping items in metal containers;
Do not leave lighted candles, joss articles and papers unattended; and