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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1981

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* PUT OUT ALL FIRES BEFORE LEAVING THE GRAVE SITE- AND

RAISE ALARM AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A FIRE.

+FIRE PRECAUTIONS AT HOME ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT WHEN MANY PEOPLE ARE CONDUCTING RITUAL CEREMONIES, HE SAID.

+PEOPLE IN SQUATTER AREAS, WHERE FIRE RISKS ARE PARTICULARLY HIGH, SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN BURNING JOSS STICKS AND OTHER

ITEMS.

+REMEMBER, CARELESSNESS DOES NOT PAY!+

TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF FIRE DANGERS DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD, THE MOBILE FILM UNIT OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES HAS BEEN MAKING SPECIAL MESSAGE BROADCASTS AT BUS TERMINALS AND FERRY PIERS IN THE URBAN AREAS SINCE LAST WEEK.

IN RURAL AREAS, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION'S CIVILIAN INFORMATION TEAMS HAVE BEEN VISITING COUNTRY PARKS AND GRAVE SITES TO GIVE FIRE PREVENTION ADVICE.

THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY IS ALSO SUPPORTING THE PUBLICITY DRIVE BY ARRANGING REGULAR BROADCASTS AT ITS HUNG HOM TERMINUS, SHA TIN, FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI STATIONS.

PEOPLE PLANNING TO VISIT THE COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD WERE ALSO URGED TO USE DESIGNATED BARBECUE AREAS AND KEEP THE COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN.

+CAUSING A FIRE OR LITTERING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WILL LEAD TO HEAVY FINES, THE SPOKESMAN WARNED.

ISLAND FESTIVAL TRAFFIC PLAN

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SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED ON HONG KONG ISLAND ON SUNDAY (APRIL 5) FOR CHING MING FESTIVAL, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM ON SUNDAY, PEEL RISE FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WHILE CONSORT RISE WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND FROM VICTORIA ROAD TO BISNEY ROAD,

CAPE COLLINSON ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY WESTBOUND FROM LIN SHING ROAD TO SHEK O ROAD.

LIN SHING ROAD WILL ALSO BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND FROM WAN TSUI ROAD TO CAPE COLLINSON ROAD WHILE WAN TSUI ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY CLOCKWISE FROM EAST TO WEST.

WAH HA STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND FROM LIN SHING ROAD TO CHAI WAN ROAD AND CAPE COLLINSON ROAD MAY HAVE TO BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.

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