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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Wednesday, September 6, 1972
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO CURB RISE IN SERIOUS FACTORY FIRES
The head of the Fire Prevention Bureau, Mr. F. Jackson, today called
on industrial managements to take urgent action to put a stop to the spiralling
rise in serious fires in factories.
He noted that since 1965-66, industrial fire losses had jumped fron
$3.5 million to last year's $72 million.
Mr. Jackson put the blame on "apathy, sheer neglect, carelessness and
wilful disregard in respect of requirements."
Many industrial premises "flagrantly ignored requirements of the
Building Authority, the Fire Services and the Labour Department, resulting in
heavy losses," he said.
"There is at least one known case of plans not being submitted to any
Department. The resultant total loss of these premises cost several million
dollars."
Mr. Jackson also called on insurance officials to institute, wherever
possible, more frequent inspections to ensure that once the policy is issued and
the premium paid, its clauses are not "blatantly" ignored.
Minimun fire losses in Hong Kong, he said, were usually the outcome of
good housekeeping and "with the Clean Hong Kong campaign under way at the moment,
what better time to put premises in order?"
/He offered
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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