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SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1984

FIRE PREVENTION MESSAGE STRESSED

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FIRE PREVENTION IS AN ON-GOING MEASURE, AND SHOULD BE OBSERVED ALL THE TIME, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, EASTERN, MR FREDERICK TONG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF A TWO-MONTH LONG FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN, MR TONG SAID THOUGH THE CAMPAIGN ITSELF HAD ENDED, THE RESIDENTS SHOULD THINK OF IT AS A CONTINUING EVENT.

FIRE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN ALL THE TIME, BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE DRY SEASON, HE SAID.

THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES LAUNCHED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, RESIDENTS HAD COME TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FIRE RISKS AND FIRE PREVENTION.

FROM LATE NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, A SERIES OF TALKS, A QUIZ, AND REFRESHER COURSES FOR FIRE-WATCH TEAMS HAD BEEN ORGANISED FOR RESIDENTS IN 13 HILLSIDE VILLAGES IN SHAU KEI WAN.

POSTERS AND BANNERS WITH FIRE PREVENTION MESSAGES HAD BEEN PUT UP AT VANTAGE POINTS IN THESE VILLAGES.

IN NGAR CHOI HANG AND LIN FA KUNG VILLAGES, SEMINARS AND FIRE FIGHTING DEMONSTRATIONS HAD BEEN HELD FOR THE FIRE-WATCH TEAMS.

ABOUT 50 STUDENTS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS AND AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN CHAI WAN HAD VISITED THE PAT HEUNG FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL EARLIER THIS MONTH.

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY AT THE YUE WAN COMMUNITY HALL, A TELEMATCH WAS HELD BETWEEN THE FIRE WATCH-TEAMS, AND AN HOUR-LONG SINGING AND DANCING SHOW WAS PUT UP BY STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

ALSO PRESENT WERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (SHAU KEI WAN/ CHAI WAN), MR STEPHEN NG, AND THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S DIVISIONAL COMMANDER (HONG KONG EAST), MR CHAN WAH-DING.

SUNDAY ROCK CONCERT AT SILVERMINE BAY

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AN OUTDOOR ROCK CONCERT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE HELD AT THE SILVERMINE BAY BEACH ON LANTAU ISLAND ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 29).

THE CONCERT, ENTITLED +A DAY IN THE SUN, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE GUITAR JOURNAL, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE CONCERT WILL START AT 12 NOON AND NON-STOP MUSIC PROGRAMME WILL BE PROVIDED BY 10 WELL-KNOWN ROCK GROUPS UNTIL 6 PM.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY YOUNGSTERS, ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE FREE CONCERT WHICH WILL FEATURE VARIOUS BANDS.

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