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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1974

THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS ON OCTOBER 1 AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER. A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE CHANCES OF FIRE VERE FROM TWO TO FIVE TIMES AS GREAT DURING THIS PERIOD AS DURING OTHER MONTHS. MANY OF THE FIRES WERE HILL FIRES CAUSED BY CAMELESS PICNICKERS, BUT, ALSO, A NUMBER OF MAJOR INDUSTRIAL FIRES USUALLY OCCURRED.

+THE CAMPAIGN SYMBOL VILL BE A CIGARETTE END,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +BUT WE WILL ALSO BE CONCENTRATING ON FIRES CAUSED BY BARBECUE AND CAMP FIRES.+

THE NUMBER OF FIRES UP TO THE END OF AUGUST WAS, AT 4,653, ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF PER CENT UP ON THE NUMBER FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

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LAST LOTTERY THIS YEAR

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TICKETS OF THE TENTH AND LAST GOVERNMENT LOTTERY FOR THIS YEAR ARE NOW ON SALE AT $2 EACH.

THE DRAW OF WINNING NUMBERS FOR THIS LOTTERY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MAIN CONCOURSE OF THE OCEAN TERMINAL, TSIM SHA TSUI AT 4 P.M. ON OCTOBER 8.

THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 159 PRIZES COMPRISING ONE FIRST PRIZE, ONE SECOND PRIZE, ONE THIRD PRIZE 50 SPECIAL PRIZES AND 106 CONSOLATION PRIZES. TOGETHER THEY WILL TAKE UP 60 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROCEEDS FROM THE LOTTERY SALE.

TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED AT ALL ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SELLING BOOTHS AND AT THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY PIERS. THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT VARIOUS MAJOR BANKS AND BRANCH OFFICES AND TUO HOTELS IN KOWLOON.

ALL PRIZES OF THE TENTH LOTTERY MUST BE CLAIMED BEFORE OCTOBER 11, 1976.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR. KAI-YIN CHAU, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CITY HALL RESTAURANT AT 1 P.M. ON KONDAY (SEPTEMBER 230 WHEN HE WILL ANNOUNCE PLANS TO PROMOTE THE TENTH LOTTERY OF THE YEAR.

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YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND.

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