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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1975
HE REITERATED THAT THE RED FIRE WARNING, WHICH HAD BEEN IN FORCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, MEANT THAT EVERYTHING WHICH WOULD BURN BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS DRIED OUT.
+ IF THE PUBLIC IN THEIR OWN AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS' INTEREST RESPOND TO THIS WARNING BY TAKING PRECAUTIONS AND AVOID ALL ACTS OF CARELESSNESS, LIVES AND PROPERTIES WILL BE PROTECTED.+
MEANWHILE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHER IES DEPARTMENT CALLED ON VISITORS TO THE NEW TERRITORIES AND RESIDENTS IN RURAL AREAS TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH FIRES.
IN PARTICULAR, HE SAID, VILLAGERS WHO INTENDED TO BURN WEEDS OR OTHER WASTE MATERIALS MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO CAUSE ANY GRASS FIRE.
A NUMBER OF FIRES OVER THE WEEKEND WERE STARTED IN THIS WAY. ANYONE SETTING FIRE DELIBERATELY, WHETHER IN BUILT-UP AREAS OR ON OPEN GROUND, COULD BE PROŠECUTED FOR ARSON.
VILLAGERS WISHING TO START FIRES ON THEIR GROUND SHOULD CONSULT THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S CONSERVATION AND FORESTS DIVISION BEFORE DOING SO..
FUN FAIR FOR 1,000 CHILDREN ******
ABOUT 1,000 CHILDREN IN TSUEN WAN WILL ATTEND A FUN FAIR ORGANISED BY THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
THE FAIR WILL BE HELD IN THE BASKETBALL PITCH OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE BETWEEN 2 P.M. AND 5 P.M.
THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES BY A BAND AND A LUCKY DRAW.
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