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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1986

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VIGILANCE AGAINST FIRE REMINDER TO RESIDENTS

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SQUATTER AREA RESIDENTS IN WONG TAI SIN WERE REMINDED TODAY (SUNDAY) TO STEP UP THE IR VIGILANCE AGAINST FIRE DURING THE DRY WINTER SEASON.

SPEAK ING AT A FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN CARNIVAL, WONG TAI SIN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (EAST), MR CHESTER KWOK, SAID FIRE PREVENTION AND ANTI-ILLEGAL TAPPING OF ELECTRICITY WERE EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO SAFEGUARD THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF SQUATTER AREA RESIDENTS DURING THE DRY SEASON.

HE SAID THAT A WORK ING GROUP ON THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN WAS SET UP UNDER THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD'S SQUATTER AREAS COMMITTEE.

THE WORK ING GROUP HAD PLANNED A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLICITY EFFORTS TO SPREAD THE FIRE PREVENTION MESSAGE.

BESIDES THE DISTRIBUTION OF CALENDAR POSTERS AND HOUSEHOLD VISITS, THE GROUP WILL PRODUCE A NUMBER OF BANNERS AND SIGNBOARDS FOR DISPLAY AT CONSPICUOUS LOCATION IN THE DISTRICT.

SLOGANS TO BE INSCRIBED ON THE BANNERS AND SIGNBOARDS WERE CHOSEN FROM WINNING ENTRIES OF A COMPETITION HELD RECENTLY FOR THE CAMPAIGN,

ALSO ON DISPLAY AT THE CARNIVAL TODAY WERE FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS ON FIRE PREVENTION BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

A VARIETY SHOW, FEATURING DANCING AND SINGING.PERFORMANCES WAS HELD IN THE EVENING. THE SHOW ALSO FEATURED A FIRE PREVENTION

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NOVEMBER WETTER THAN USUAL

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NOVEMBER THIS YEAR WAS WETTER THAN USUAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY.

THE TOTAL MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 112.6 MM WAS MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE NORMAL AMOUNT BUT THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 WAS ONLY 4 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.

SEVERE TROPICAL STORM IDA, WHICH AFFECTED THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, ACCOUNTED FOR MOST OF THE MONTH'S RAINFALL.

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