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TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1975

KEEP FIRE INSTALLATIONS IN WORKING ORDER,

FIRE SERVICES URGE

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BUILDING OWNERS WERE TODAY ADVISED TO ENSURE THAT THEIR FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS SUCH AS SPRINKLERS ARE IN PROPER WORKING ORDER.

A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN STRESSED TODAY THAT THIS WAS IN THEIR OWN INTEREST AS FAULTY INSTALLATIONS COULD BE UTTERLY USELESS IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE AND LEAD TO UNNECESSARY LOSSES.

HE NOTED THAT PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT WERE REQUIRED BY LAW TO ENSURE THAT FIRE SAFETY INSTALLATIONS WERE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. THE LAW ALSO REQUIRES FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS TO BE INSPECTED ANNUALLY BY CONTRACTORS REGISTERED WITH THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND CERTIFIED AS TO THEIR CONDITION.

+A PROPERLY FUNCTIONING SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ITEM OF FIRE FIGHTING OR PROTECTION,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID, AND BUILDING OWNERS WOULD BE WELL ADVISED, FOR THEIR OWN GOOD, TO KEEP THEM IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.+

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SOUVENIRS FOR RETIRING OFFICERS

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

MR. E.H. NICHOLS, DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, WILL PRESENT SOUVENIRS TO 38 OFFICERS OF THE FISH AND VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATIONS WHO ARE RETIRING THIS YEAR.

SOME OF THE RETIRING OFFICERS HAVE SERVED WITH THE ORGANISATIONS FOR AS LONG AS 28 YEARS.

THE PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE VEGETABLE MARKET AT LAI CHI KOK ROAD ON THURSDAY (JULY 10) AT 4 P.M.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CEREMONY.

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