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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1978,

1978.

OVER $1 MILLION RAISED FOR JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE

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THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HAVE RAISED MORE THAN $1 MILLION AS THEIR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COST OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE TO BE BUILT IN SHA TIN THIS YEAR.

THE MONEY HAS BEEN DONATED THROUGH FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE SILVER JUBILEE FUND NEW TERRITORIES MAIN COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS- JONES.

TO MARK THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE FUND-RAISING DRIVE, A PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE OFFICE OF MR. Q.W. LÉE, CHAIRMAN OF THE SILVER JUBILEE APPEAL FUND ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF HANG SENG BANK BUILDING, 77, DES VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL, AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.

FIRE INSPECTION IN QUARRY BAY ******

OFFICERS FROM THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING INSPECTED MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND FLATS IN TEN DOMESTIC BUILDINGS CHOSEN AT RANDOM IN THE QUARRY BAY AREA.

DURING THE INSPECTION AS PART OF AN INTENSIVE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN, SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE MEANS OF ESCAPE, INSTALLATION OF METAL GATES AND ROOF-TOP EXITS OF THE BUILDINGS. AS A RESULT, MORE THAN 100 FLATS WERE FOUND TO HAVE SERIOUS OBSTRUCTION, A MAJORITY OF WHICH CONCERNED INSTALLATION OF METAL GATES ACROSS COMMON CORRIDORS. FIRE ABATEMENT NOTICES WILL BE SERVED ON OCCUPANTS OF THESE PREMISES.

SIXTEEN GALLONS OF KEROSENE, WHICH WERE STORED IN EXCESS OF THE LIMIT, WERE SEIZED.

FIRE OFFICERS ALSO FOUND SIX CASES OF ILLEGAL BUILDING ALTERATION AND ONE FACTORY IN DOMESTIC PREMISES WITHOUT A LICENCE. THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THEM.

COMMENTING ON THE SURVEY, DIVISIONAL OFFICER KEN HODGK INS, WHO COMMANDED THE OPERATION, SAID THE SITUATION IN THESE BUILDINGS WAS GENERALLY SATISFACTORY.

+HOWEVER, THE FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS APPEAR TO BE DEFECTIVE AND ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO REMEDY THE SITUATION,+ HE ADDED.

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