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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1975.

FIRE PREVENTION OFFICERS KEPT BUSY

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THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU INVESTIGATED 67,126 COMPLAINTS RELATING TO MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM LUILDINGS DURING THE 1974, 75 FINANCIAL YEAR - AN AVERAGE OF HEALY 5,600 A MONTH.

IN ADDITION, ANOTHER 16,254 GERAL COMPLAINTS WERE 1OKED INTO, THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES SAYS IN HIS ANNUAL REI RT WHICH IS TO BE PUBLISHED SOON,

THE REPORT STATES THAT WHILE THE UNDERLYING TREND OF FIRE: IS UPWARDS, +A WORSE STATE OF AFFAIRS WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY EXI T

UT FOR THE WORK OF THE FIRE PREVENTION DUREAU,

MORE THAN 50,000 FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIES WERE INSPECTED URING THE YEAR AND THERE WERE ALMOST 11,000 ROUTINE INSPE TIONS F MEANS OF ESCAPE TO SEE THAT THEY WERE FREE OF OBSTRUCTI HS.

INSPECTIONS RELATING TO THE STORAGE OR MANUFACTURE OF

· ANGEROUS GOODS NUMBERED 8,064. THERE WERE CLOSE TO 11,000 NSPECTIONS OF SCHOOLS, RESTAURANTS, NIGHTCLUBS AND OTHER 1 LACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, AMD 11,269 INSPECTIONS OF

CNTILATION SYST: MS.

WATER CUT IN ABERDEEN *****

A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN ABERDEEN WILL BE WITHOUT TAP WATER BETWEEN 1 A.M, AND 6 A.M. ON SATURDAY (JULY 12) WHEN A TEST FOR WIGHT LEAKAGE WILL BE MADE IN THE AREA.

AFFECTED WILL BE PREMISES BOUNDED BY ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD, THE JUNCTION OF TUNG SING ROAD TO THE END OF SHEK PAL WAN ROAD. YU KWOK STREET, YUE LEI STREET, TIN WAN STREET, TANG FUNG STREET, KA WO STREET AND TIN WAN ESTATE.