XN000022-1975-11-14 — Page 12

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1975

IN ADVOCATING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME OF DISCUSSIONS, MR. HO SAID HE WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE HEAVY WORK-LOAD OF THE SENIOR PUPILS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS SUCH AS PREPARING FOR THE PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.

+NEVERTHELESS, WHERE THE PUPILS ARE NOT TOO EXAMINATION- ORIENTED, IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE FOR SCHOOLS TO TRY IT OUT - IF NOT AS PART OF THEIR WEEKLY TIME-TABLE, AT LEAST AS A REGULAR EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY,+ HE SAID.

MR. HO WAS SURE THAT IF THE DISCUSSION PROGRAMME WAS WELL PLANNED AND WELL CONDUCTED AND THE PUPILS REGARDED IT AS AN +EYE-OPENER+, SUCCESS COULD EASILY BE ACHIEVED, PARTICULARLY AS NO TESTS OR EXAMINATIONS WERE INVOLVED.

''BLITZ'' ON KWUN TONG FACTORIES BY FIRE OFFICERS

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OFFICERS OF THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU CARRIED OUT A ''BLITZ'' ON FACTORIES IN WAI YIP STREET, KWUN TONG, YESTERDAY AS PART OF THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL FIRE SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

THE OPERATION WAS LED BY DIVISIONAL OFFICER J

KEN HODGKINS.

A TOTAL OF 310 FACTORIES WAS VISITED AND 108 FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES ISSUED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE NOTICES REQUIRED THE FIRE HAZARDS TO BE PUT RIGHT WITHIN A STIPULATED PERIOD OR COURT ACTION MIGHT RESULT.

+THE FIRE HAZARDS WERE FOUND TO BE RELATED ENTIRELY TO BLOCKAGES OF STAIRCASES AND LIFT LOBBIES. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS A DEFINITE NEED FOR FACTORY MANAGEMENTS TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO FIRE PREVENTION MEASURES,+ HE SAID. HE POINTED OUT THAT SUBSTANTIAL FINES COULD BE IMPOSED IN CASES WHERE FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES ARE NOT OBEYED.

MORE BLITZES'' ARE PLANNED IN FACTORY AREAS IN THE COMING MONTHS, HE WARNED.