XN000022-1985-11-23 — Page 7

NOTE TO EDITORS:

ON

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1985

FIRE DRILL FOR RESIDENTS

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A NO. 3 ALARM FIRE DRILL WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT NAM ON FONG SQUATTER VILLAGE IN SHAU KEI WAN, AS PART OF A FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN IN SQUATTER AREAS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT.

PRESS REPRESENTATIVES

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT. SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT 10.15 AM AT THE ENTRANCE TO NAM ON FONG VILLAGE OPPOSITE SUN SING CENTRE AT 8 SUN SING STREET.

ANTI-MOSQUITO EFFORTS TO CONTINUE

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EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING WILL CONTINUE DESPITE THE APPROACH OF COLD WEATHER AND THE END OF THE TWO MONTH-LONG ANTI-MOSQUITO CAMPAIGNS LAUNCHED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE NON-URBAN AREA.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT RESIDENTS IN THE NON-URBAN AREA WHO ENCOUNTERED MOSQUITO PROBLEMS WERE URGED TO CONTACT VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE RSD.

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DURING THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, PEST CONTROL STAFF INSPECTED 40 140 HOUSES AND 21 923 BUILDING SITES AND OPEN SPACES, HE SAID.

AS A RESULT, 9 875 MOSQUITO-BREEDING PLACES WERE DETECTED AND ACTIONS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY TAKEN TO ERADICATE THEM.

AT THE SAME TIME, 323 PUBLIC COMPLAINTS ABOUT BREEDING WERE RECEIVED, RESULTING IN 63 SUMMONSES AND 95 WARNING LETTERS BEING ISSUED AGAINST OFFENDERS.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN ORDINANCE, IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW TO ALLOW MOSQUITO BREEDING IN PRIVATE PREMISES AND OFFENDERS WERE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10 000 AND A DAILY FINE OF $250.

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