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MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1984

AUSTRALIAN PREMIER LEAVES TOMORROW

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A MEDIA FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN TO COVER THE DEPARTURE OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, MR BOB HAWKE, TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

MR HAWKE AND HIS PARTY WILL LEAVE FOR JAPAN BY A SPECIAL ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AT 10.30 AM.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THE FACILITY SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM NOT LATER THAN 9 AM. THERE WILL BE A FIXED PRESS POSITION ON THE TARMAC AND PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN ARE ADVISED TO BRING ALONG TELEPHOTO LENSES.

GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

RESIDENTS WARNED OF FAULTY WIRING

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ILLEGAL TAPPING OF ELECTRICITY OR IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC WIRES COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ELECTRIC SHOCK OR FIRE.

THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S DIVISIONAL COMMANDER OF KOWLOON WEST, MR TAM YUK-FAN GAVE THIS WARNING TODAY (MONDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN,

THE CAMPAIGN IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.

MR TAM ALSO WARNED THAT THE USE OF FAULTY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR SOCKETS WAS ANOTHER COMMON CAUSE OF FIRE.

HE SAID THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR, HIS DIVISION HAD RECEIVED 1 694 REPORTS OF FIRES, AT WHICH 44 PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND 10 PEOPLE KILLED.

+THESE FREQUENCY AND CASUALTY RATES WERE HIGH COMPARED WITH THOSE IN OTHER DISTRICTS, HE SAID.

THERE ARE THREE FIRE STATIONS IN WESTERN KOWLOON, TWO OF WHICH ARE LOCATED IN SHAM SHUI PO.

A FOURTH STATION FOR THE DISTRICT IS BEING PLANNED, FOR

COMPLETION BY 1985.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TSE TAK-KAN; AND THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF KOWLOON FIRE COMMAND, MR M. KINGDOM.