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SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1977

FIRE FIGHTING EXERCISE IN LYEMUN

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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO CARRY OUT ANOTHER FULL- SCALE FIRE FIGHTING EXERCISE IN THE SQUATTER AREA IN LYEMUN ON MONDAY (APRIL 4).

THERE ARE ABOUT 100 TEMPORARY WOODEN HUTS BUILT ALONG THE SEA-WALL OF LYEMUN TYPHOON SHELTER. MOST OF THESE STRUCTURES ARE POSITIONED ABOVE THE WATER AND ARE SUPPORTED BY WOODEN PILES.

A SIMILAR EXERCISE TOOK PLACE IN THE SQUATTER AREA ALONG SHUNG SHUN STREET IN SAM KAR CHUEN ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ALL THESE STRUCTURES WERE SERIOUS FIRE RISKS.

THE MOCK FIRE FIGHTING OPERATION, CODE NAMED EXERCISE LYEMUN+, IS AIMED AT EDUCATING THE SQUATTERS ON THE DANGER OF FIRE OUTBREAKS. IT WILL ALSO GIVE FIREMEN A CHANCE TO GET FAMILIARISED WITH FIGHTING FIRES WHICH BREAK OUT AT SQUATTER HUTS PARTLY BUILT OVER WATER.

TEN APPLIANCES, INCLUDING A FIRE BOAT AND TWO AMBULANCES, WILL TAKE PART IN THE EXERCISE.

FIRE PREVENTION PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PRESS, TELEVISION AND RADIO REPRESENTATIVES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE EXERCISE WHICH WILL START AT 10.30 A.M. ON MONDAY. THEY ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE MOBILE COMMAND UNIT AT THE JUNCTION OF CHA KWO LING ROAD AND SHUNG SHUN STREET AT 10.15 A.M. ON THAT DAY.

HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS FOR MARINE DEPARTMENT

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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ITS WAN CHAI PUBLIC CARGO WORK ING AREA, YAUMATI PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA AND THE PORT COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE WILL BE OPEN AS USUAL ON TUESDAY, A GENERAL HOLIDAY.

HOWEVER, OFFICES OF THE MACAU FERRY WHARF UNIT WILL ONLY BE OPEN FROM 7.30 A.M. ON TUESDAY TO 1.30 A.M. THE FOLLOWING DAY.

ALL OTHER SECTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY.

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