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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990
"HILL FIRES CAUSE DAMAGES TO OUR COUNTRYSIDE VEGETATION, ADVERSELY AFFECTING OUR COUNTRYSIDE LANDSCAPE QUALITY AND WILDLIFE HABITATS AND EXPOSE THE SOIL TO EROSION, CAUSING SILTING UP OF STREAM COURSES.
"THE ABOVE DAMAGES AND DETERIORATION IN THE QUALITY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT WILL DEPRIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OF THE ENJOYMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, MR CHEUNG SAID.
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HE URGED EVERYONE IN HONG KONG TO TAKE EXTRA EFFORT AND CARE TO PROTECT THE COUNTRYSIDE THROUGHOUT THE DRY SEASON, PARTICULARLY DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL PERIOD.
"COUNTRYSIDE VISITORS SHOULD LIGHT BARBECUE FIRE ONLY IN DESIGNATED BARBECUE PITS. THEY SHOULD NOT DROP BURNING CIGARETTE ENDS.
"FARMERS OR VILLAGERS SHOULD NOT LEAVE A BURNING STACK OF HAY OR RUBBISH UNATTENDED. GRAVE-SWEEPERS SHOULD ENSURE LIGHTING JO99 PAPERS ONLY IN CONTAINERS AND NEVER LEAVE BURNING JOSS STICKS UNATTENDED, MR CHEUNG SAID.
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"ANY PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO IGNORE THESE SIMPLE PREVENTIVE MEASURES MAY LEAD ΤΟ A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT,' HE SAID.
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ON THE DETAILS OF THE 1990/91 COUNTRYSIDE FIRE PREVENTION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN, MR CHEUNG SAID THROUGHOUT THE DRY SEASON, THE PUBLIC WOULD BE REMINDED TO HANDLE FIRE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WITH CARE THROUGH RADIO AND TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENTS, POSTERS, LEAFLETS MOBILE EXHIBITIONS.
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HE THANKED THE MEDIA FOR THEIR VALUABLE ASSISTANCE PROMOTING HILL FIRE PREVENTION IN THE PAST YEARS AND HOPED THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO HELP IN THIS MEANINGFUL EXERCISE.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS OF THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY TODAY WERE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES) OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR S.S. CHEUNG; SENIOR PILOT OF THE RHKAAF, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT BRIAN BUTT; AND STAFF OFFICER OF CIVIL AID SERVICES, MR S.F. LAM.
AFTERWARDS, A HELICOPTER FIRE FIGHTING DEMONSTRATION JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY THE RHKAAF AND THE AFD GROUND CREW.
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