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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1988

THE

INCREASED

AND

"THESE INCLUDE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA FIRE PREVENTION

AND

THE VIGILANCE OF INSPECTING THE COMMON AREAS AND OPERATIONAL CREWS RESPONSIBLE FOR

CAMPAIGNS,

甲申

MEANS OF ESCAPE IN BUILDINGS, HE SAID.

BETWEEN JANUARY 1985 AND FEBRUARY FIRE INCIDENTS IN CHUNGKING MANSIONS, HE SAID.

THIS

THERE YEAR,

WERE

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10:

THE CAUSES OF THESE FIRES WERE: ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUITS,

COOKING STOVES, 2; UNKNOWN SMOKING MATERIALS, 2; NAKED FLAMES FROM CAUSES, 15.

UNKNOWN CAUSE, THE MR BARNES SAID THAT AMONG THE 15 FIRES OF

FIRES, INCLUDING THE ONE ON FEBRUARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THREE

21, APPEARED SUSPICIOUS AND WERE REFERRED TO THE POLICE FOR INVESTIGATION.

ON FEBRUARY

21,

THE

TWO DAYS AFTER THE FIRE

FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE FIRE SERVICES INSTALLATIONS,

AREAS AND THE THE COMMON

MEANS OF ESCAPE IN THE BUILDINGS CHUNGKING MANSIONS.

"ACTION IS

BEING TAKEN

OF

TO PROSECUTE EIGHT OFFENDERS FOR CAUSING OBSTRUCTION TO THE MEANS OF ESCAPE, HE SAID.

"

AS

THE

SERVPO UPON 72 "FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES HAVE ALSO BEEN

MANSIONS FOR MINOR OFFENCES SUCH CHUNOK ING OFFENDERS IN WEDGING OPEN, OR THE REMOVAL, OF SMOKE LOBBY DOORS.'

FOLLOW

IDENTIFY

UP

ON

ANY

A SECOND INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 3 TO THE IRREGULARITIES FOUND IN THE FIRST INSPECTION AND TO CHANGE OF USE IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF THE BUILDINGS.

WITH

THE

IN CORRECTING

THE

"THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS GENERALLY SATISFIED

WHICH THE OFFENDERS HAVE MADR IRREGULARITIES, MR BARNES SAID.

PROGRESS

..

USED FOR

OTHER PURPOSES, THE AND 17

"AS REGARDS RESIDENTIAL UNITS FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED 16 UNREGISTERED FACTORIES UNLICENSED FOOD PREMISES.

AND TO ACTION.

THE

URBAN

SERVICES

"DETAILS OF THESE HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE

DEPARTMENT RESPECTIVELY

LABOUR

DEPARTMENT

FOR

NECESSARY

"

'FURTHER

INDIVIDUAL

ABATEMENT NOTICES. INSPECTED ABOUT EVERY SIX MONTHS.

INSPECTIONS WILL

BE CONDUCTED ON THE THEREAFTER,

BUILDINGS

THE

EXPIRY WILL

OF

BE

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