XN000022-1986-02-25 — Page 10

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1986

9

VARIETY SHOW STRESSES HOME SAFETY

*****

EASTERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN URGED TO HELP IMPROVE THE IR ENVIRONMENT AND TO TAKE MORE CARE WHILE DOING THEIR DOMESTIC CHORES TO AVOID ACCIDENTS THAT COULD PUT THEIR NEIGHBOURS AT RISK.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE HOME SAFETY VARIETY SHOW+ THE ASSISTANT EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VINCENT LEUNG, SAID THAT SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATING TEAM IN MAY LAST YEAR, MUCH HAD BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HOME SAFETY.

+WITH CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE FROM LOCAL OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, THE BMCT INSPECTED 30 PROBLEMATIC MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS IN NORTH POINT DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF ITS WORK, MR LEUNG SAID.

+THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT OF THESE BUILDINGS HAS IMPROVED AND THE TEAM PLAN TO EXPAND THEIR WORK IN SHAU KEI WAN AND CHAI WAN,

HE ALSO PRAISED MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT FEDERATION OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDING ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND HARD WORK IN IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENT OF MULTI- STOREY BUILDINGS.

A HOME SAFETY TALK, INTRODUCING THE SAFE USE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF DOMESTIC LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS AND COOKING STOVES, AND VARIOUS SAFETY MEASURES TO PREVENT FIRE AT HOME, WAS INCLUDED IN TONIGHT'S VARIETY SHOW.

THE TALKS WERE GIVEN BY MR HO KWONG-WAI, THE GAS ADVISER FROM THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND MR LI CHUN-FAT, SENIOR STATION OFFICER OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE VARIETY SHOW WHICH FEATURED SINGING AND DANCING PERFORMANCES, ACROBATIC AND MAGIC SHOWS.

THE +HOME SAFETY VARIETY SHOW+ WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT FEDERATION OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDING ORGANISATIONS, AND SPONSORED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD.

/10

Page 10Page 11