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SATURDA

FIRE DANGER FROM HUNG MING BALLOONS

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) ISSUED ANOTHER APPEAL TO VISITORS TO COUNTRY PARK AREAS NOT TO TAKE HUNG MING BALLOONS WITH THEM.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID HUNG MING BALLOONS HAD BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL MAJOR COUNTRYSIDE FIRES IN THE PAST, USUALLY IN AREAS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO FIREFIGHTERS.

THE DANGER OF FIRES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE INCREASED GREATLY AS THE DRY SEASON APPROACHED AND THERE WAS AN ADDED COMPLICATION THIS YEAR AS A RESULT OF THE RECENTLY-ANNOUNCED WATER RESTRICTIONS.

+ANYONE FOUND IN A COUNTRY PARK WITH A HUNG MING BALLOON FACES A FINE OF $5 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR A YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID. THE FIRE WARNING WAS TIMELY, AS CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL DAY FALLS ON TUESDAY, AND THIS IS USUALLY THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR FIREMEN.

MOST OF THE FIRES OCCURRED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND WERE CAUSED MAINLY BY CARELESS GRAVE WORSHIPPERS.

THREE PUBLIC DUMPS IN TUEN MUN

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THREE PUBLIC DUMPS AT PILLAR POINT IN TUEN MUN WILL BE OPENED FROM MONDAY (OCTOBER 5).

ACCESS TO THE NEW DUMPS WILL BE VIA PUI TO ROAD, TSING WUN ROAD AND LUNG MUN ROAD, AND DUMPING MAY BE CARRIED OUT AT THE SITES BETWEEN 8 AM AND 6 PM DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

DUMPING PERMITS MAY BE OBTAINED FREE OF CHARGE ON APPLICATION TO THE PROJECT MANAGER (TUEN MUN), TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, 13 TAT YAN SQUARE, TUEN MUN.

EACH APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER, THE ORIGIN, TYPE AND APPROXIMATE QUANTITY OF MATERIALS TO BE DUMPED AND THE PERIOD FOR WHICH THE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR A PARTICULAR JOB.

ALL DUMPING MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE DUMP SUPERVISOR.

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