SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1990
HK CELEBRATES THE CENTENARY OF FIRST STREET LIGHT
IS COMPANY
LOOKING IT IS GOOD THAT THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC
THE NEXT FIVE AHEAD, WITH AN INVESTMENT OF SOME $15 BILLION OVER YEARS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO SHINE BRIGHTLY IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
COMPANY'S
SPEAKING AT THE LIGHTING-UP CEREMONY OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT SHOW FIRST ΤΟ CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF HONG KONG ELECTRIC STREET LIGHT, THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG HAD COME A LONG WAY IN THOSE HUNDRED YEARS.
"ELECTRICITY HAS HELPED US DO IT. BECAUSE OF ELECTRICITY
THE NIGHTS, WITH ACTIVITY BY DAY AND GLOWS BY
HONG
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GOVERNOR
KONG HUMS SAID.
THE WORLD SIR DAVID SAID HE KNEW OF NO MORE STRIKING VIEW IN THAN TO LOOK DOWN AT NIGHT FROM THE PEAK ONTO THE MYRIAD LIGHTS BELOW. "AUSTIN COATES CALLED HIS HISTORY OF THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT'. IT IS INDEED.
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"TONIGHT THE MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT IS GOING TO BE BRIGHTER THE GOVERNOR SAID.
STILL,"
HE NOTED THAT FOR FOUR WEEKS CENTRAL DISTRICT AT NIGHT WOULD BE A CHILD'S WONDERLAND; A PHOTOGRAPHER'S DREAM; AND A TOURIST'S DELIGHT.
"ABOVE ALL IT WILL BE A CELEBRATION OF THE VITALITY AND SUCCESS OF THIS REMARKABLE AND EBULLIENT COMMUNITY," THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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FSD OFFICERS INSPECT PRIVATE CLUBS
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OFFICERS FROM THE FIRE
PRIVATE CLUBS, MAINLY MAHJONG
SERVICES
DEPARTMENT HAVE VISITED 52 KARAOKE LOUNGES, SINCE
PARLOURS AND
SEPTEMBER 21 TO SEE IF THESE PREMISES ARE POSING ANY FIRE HAZARD.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE PRIVATE CLUBS VISITED, 14 WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 32 IN AND SIX IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THAT OF KOWLOON
OF THE OPERATORS TO IMPROVE THE FIRE
"AS A RESULT OF THESE INSPECTIONS, A NUMBER WILL BE ISSUED WITH ADVICE LETTERS ASKING THEM SAFETY STANDARD IN THEIR PREMISES IN 120 DAYS.
ISSUED WITH THE
"IF THE OPERATOR DOES NOT FOLLOW THE ADVICE, HE WILL BE WITH A FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICE REQUIRING HIM TO COMPLY REQUIREMENT.
/"THE OPERATOR
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