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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990

THE WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND BE MAY 1991.

COMPLETED BY

A NOTICE

THE EXTENT OF THE AREA AFFECTED WAS DESCRIBED IN AUTHORISATION PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

RIGHT OR EASEMENT ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HIS INTEREST,

BE AFFECTED BY INVOLVED WILL IN OR OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEA-BED

A THIS UNDERTAKING MAY DELIVER TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS WRITTEN CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 18, 1991.

HE SHOULD STATE IN HIS SUBMISSION THE SUM OF MONEY WHICH HE

SETTLEMENT OF AND FINAL

HIS CLAIM WILLING TO ACCEPT IN FULL SHOULD SUBMIT SUCH PARTICULARS WHICH HE POSSESSES TO SUBSTANTIATE CLAIM.

IS

AND

HIS

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PREVENTION IS KEY TO HILL FIRE PROBLEM

HUMAN CARELESSNESS MOST HILL FIRES IN HONG KONG ARE CAUSED BY AND, PREVENTION, RATHER THAN FIRE FIGHTING, IS THE KEY TO THE PROBLEM, THE THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS) OF

MR M.K. CHEUNG, SAID AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES TODAY (FRIDAY).

(APD), DEPARTMENT

MR

1990/91 COUNTRYSIDE SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE FIRE PREVENTION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN HELD AT SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK,

FIGHTING ALONE FIRE

IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE CHEUNG POINTED OUT THAT SOLUTION.

THIS IS DESPITE RELEVANT

AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT

INCLUDING THE AND THE HELICOPTER

HAD (RHKAAF),

DEAL

AFD, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CIVIL AID SERVICES

AUXILIARY AIR FORCE SERVICES OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG TRIED THEIR BEST AND WERE STEADILY IMPROVING THEIR CAPABILITY TO WITH HILL FIRES.

"NO MATTER WHAT ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE MADE, DEPENDS ON FIRE PREVENTION," HE SAID.

THE FINAL SOLUTION

FIRE SEASON WAS "THE NUMBER OF COUNTRYSIDE FIRES IN THE LAST

THERE WERE STILL 160 BILL THE SMALLEST IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, YET,

IN THE LOSS OF FIRES INSIDE OR ADJACENT TO COUNTRY PARKS RESULTING SOME 84,000 TREES, HE ADDED.

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SO FORTUNATE MR CHEUNG WAS WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE YEAR AS RAINFALL IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS HAD FALLEN ABOUT 22 PER BELOW THE AVERAGE AND SUCH DRY WEATHER COULD CONTINUE TO PREVAIL.

THIS CENT

HE

FIRES SWEPT 6,300 DURING THE DRY SEASON OF 1985/86, OVER 300 HECTARES OF COUNTRY PARKS AND DESTROYED OVER HALF A MILLION TREES, SAID.

/"HILL FIRES