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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1988

HILL FIRE WARNING FOR GRAVE WORSHIPPERS

THE

PEOPLE VISITING ANCESTRAL GRAVES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE DURING CHING MING FESTIVAL PERIOD WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED TO TAKE SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CAUSING HILL FIRES.

THE COUNTRY PARKS PROTECTION OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR C.W. LAI, NOTED THAT 32 HILL FIRES WERE REPORTED OVER THE LAST CHING MING AND CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVALS, DAMAGING 1,000 TREES AND 62 HECTARES OF PLANTATION.

THESE FIRES WERE ALL CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE.

MORE HUMID NOW. THERE IS

"ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER IS GETTING STILL A NEED FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE. THEY CAN DO 30 JUST BY OBSERVING A FEW SIMPLE RULES, MR LAI SAID.

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THESE RULES ARE:

BURN WORSHIPPING ITEMS IN METAL CONTAINERS;

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DO NOT LEAVE LIGHTED

CANDLES, JOSS STICKS AND PAPERS

UNATTENDED; AND

MAKE SURE ALL BURNING ITEMS ARE EXTINGUISHED BEFORE LEAVING THE GRAVE SITE.

MR LAI ALSO REMINDED PICNICKERS THAT THEY SHOULD LIGHT FIRES ONLY AT DESIGNATED BARBECUE AREAS.

BE HE POINTED OUT.

MAY

IMPOSED

"ILLEGAL LIGHTING OF FIRES INSIDE COUNTRY PARKS MAY LEAD ΤΟ A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT, AND A FINE UP TO $2,000

FOR CAUSING FIRES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE,

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ILLEGAL STRUCTURES TO BE CLOSED

THE BUILDING AUTHORITY IS TO SEEK THE CLOSURE OF THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON THE FLAT ROOFS ADJACENT TO FLAT G, FIRST FLOOR, EVORA BUILDING, 3 UPPER LASCAR ROW AND 68 LOK KU ROAD, HONG KONG, 30 THAT THEY CAN BE DEMOLISHED WITHOUT DANGER TO THE OCCUPIERS OR THE PUBLIC.

THE CLOSURE IS PART OF THE EXERCISE TO ENFORCE AN ORDER ISSUED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE ON OCTOBER 31. 1984, REQUIRING THE DEMOLITION OF THESE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES.

/NOTICE OF