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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1979

FIRE SERVICES REMINDER TO KEROSENE DISTRIBUTORS

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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT REMINDED DISTRIBUTORS OF KEROSENE THAT THE CONVEYANCE OF DANGEROUS GOODS SUCH AS KEROSENE, GASOLENE, DIESEL AND PAINTS IS GOVERNED BY THE DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS.

A LICENCE ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES IS REQUIRED FOR THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT CAN BE USED TO CONVEY DANGEROUS GOODS, A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

+PRIOR TO THE ISSUE OF THE LICENCE, THE VEHICLE IS REQUIRED TO BE INSPECTED BY TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTORS AND EXAMINED BY FIRE SERVICES OFFICERS TO ENSURE THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN ROAD- WORTHY CONDITION AND THAT ALL THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPILED WITH,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY UPON CONVICTION FOR USING UNLICENSED VEHICLES TO CONVEY DANGEROUS GOODS IS A FINE OF $8 000 AND IMPRISONMENT OF SIX MONTHS.

DISTRIBUTORS ARE FURTHER REMINDED THAT THE CONTAINERS (MATERIAL AND CAPACITY) ARE TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TABLE AS SET UP IN THE DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS PART SIX.

+THE MAXIMUM PENALTY UPON CONVICTION FOR USING A CONTAINER TO HOLD MORE THAN THE QUANTITY AS LAID DOWN OR OF UNSUITABLE MATERIAL, SHALL BE A FINE OF $5 000 AND IMPRISONMENT OF TWO MONTHS,+ THE SPOKESMAN WARNED.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

NEWS CONFERENCE ON SAI LAU KOK CLEARANCE

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A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE SAI LAU KOK CLEARANCE WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 11 A.M. IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

PRESIDING AT THE CONFERENCE WILL BE THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD THE MASS TRANSIT ADVISER, MR. ALAN WILKINS, AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE MASS TRANSIT OFFICE AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CONFERENCE. TELEVISION CREWS ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.

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