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SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1974

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HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT, CHILDREN ASCO 18 MUST REGISTER FOR ADULT CARDS WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER REACHING THEIR 18-YEAR-OLD BIRTHDAY.

THE NEW JUVENILE CARDS WILL CE ISSUED FREE OF CHARGE ON FIRST REGISTRATION, CUT $2 WILL BE CHARGED FOR A REPLACEMENT AS A RESULT OF LOSS, DANACE CR DEFACENSUIT KILE $5 VILL CE LEVIED FOR AMENDMENTS TO PRIKE REGISTERED PARTICULARS.

THE SPOKESIAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IDENTITY CARD HOLDERS WHO WISH TO AMEND THEIR NATIONALITY STATUS COULD NOW CALL AT ANY ONE OF THE DEPARTIENT'S CRANCH OFFICES OR SUS-OFFICES IN BOTH URBAN AND RURAL AREAS.

FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU 17,000 INSPECTIONS IN JUNE #RRRRR

ALMOST 17,000 INSPECTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU OFFICERS DURING JUNE, A FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REVEALED TODAY.

MORE THAN 7,000 OF THESE INSPECTIONS RELATED TO COMPLAINTS CONCERNING MEANS OF ESCAPE, FOLLOWED BY OVER 5,000 INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS.

A TOTAL OF 1,714 GENERAL COMPLAINTS WAS ALSO LOOKED INTO.

THE NUMBER OF VENTILATION SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRY INSPECTED WAS 693, WHILE INSPECTIONS OF SCHOOLS TOTALLED 563. THERE WERE 660 INSPECTIONS CONNECTED WITH DANCEROUS GOODS.

OTHER INSPECTIONS INCLUDED 26 CINEMAS AND THEATRES, 20 MATSHEDS, 7 DANCING MALLS AND ACADEMIES, 2 BILLIARD ROOMS, AND 222 RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTCLUBS.

INSPECTIONS OF FIRE SERVICES INSTALLATIONS IN BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRY TOTALLED 550.

DURING THE MONTH, 26 DANGEROUS GOODS LICENCES WERE ISSUED AND 174 WERE RENEWED.

A TOTAL OF 494 FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE HANDED OUT AND 54 PROSECUTIONS UNDERTAKEN, RESULTING IN FINES TOTALLING $16,055 DEING IMPOSED.

THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE BUREAU DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR IS 90,480. PROSECUTIONS FOR THE SAME PERIOD NUMBER 702 AND FINES IMPOSED AMOUNT TO $297,910.

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