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WEDNESDAY,

EMBER 23, 1981

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WARNING ABOUT FIRE DANGER

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARE BEING CONSIDERED AGAINST THREE YOUNG WOMEN CAUGHT SARBECUEING IN THE TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK AREA, AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAC SUNDAY (DECEMBER 20) OF A BAN ON THE USE OF FIRES THE =.

THE BAN ALSO APPLIES TO THE TAI PO KAU NATURE RESERVE AREA AND THE SHING MUN FOREST PLANTATIONS.

* SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED TODA. THAT THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF FIRE WILL BE IN FORCE DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AND WILL REMAIN SO UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

ALL FIRES ARE PROHIBITED IN THESE COUNTRY PARK AREAS. THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE LAW IN A COUN PARK COULD AMOUNT TO A FINE OF $5 000, AND IN THE COUNTRYSIDE COULD BE $2 000.

THE BAN IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE PREVAILING DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS, HE SAID.

THE TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK AND THE TAI PO KAU NATURE RESERVE AREA ARE TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WOODLANDS AND ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FIRES, HE SAID.

VISITORS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE ARE ADVISED TO TAKE SANDWICHES OR PRE-COOKED FOOD WITH THEM AND TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FIRES,

MEANWHILE, SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY WORKING GROUP ALSO URGED THAT EXTREME CARE BE TAKEN IN THE USE OF FIRE AT ALL TIMES.

+CARELESSNESS DOES NOT PAY, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.

CHILDREN'S BOOK EXHIBITION

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AN EXHIBITION ON CHILDREN'S BOOKS IS NOW BEING HELD AT THE KWAI CHUNG PUBLIC LIBRARY UNTIL JANUARY 4, 1982, ORGANISED BY THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S NEW TERRITORIES PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE BRITISH COUNCIL.

IT CONSISTS CF ABOUT 360 VOLUMES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN ENGLIH, COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS IN TWO MAIN SECTIONS, FICTION AND NON-FICTION, CACH SECTION DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS.

THERE IS ALSO A SECTION ON PICTURE BOOKS AND A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF BOCKS ON SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

CATALOGUES OF THE COLLECTION ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. THE KWAI CHUNG PUBLIC LIBRARY DURING THE EXHIBITION.

ADMISSION IS FREE.