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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1990

FIRE SAFETY ADVICE FOR GRAVE-SWEEPERS

THE AGRICULTURE

AND

FISHERIES

ADVISED GRAVE-SWEEPERS TO TAKE EXTRA CARE IN COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL PERIOD.

DEPARTMENT

TODAY

(WEDNESDAY) HANDLING FIRES IN THE

LAY,

OF

THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS OFFICER, MR RAYMOND

HANDLING SET IN, DRY SEASON

ANY CARELESS HAS AS THE WORSHIPPING ITEMS COULD EASILY SET THE COUNTRYSIDE ABLAZE.

SAID

"IN THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL DAY LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 64 FIRE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED. AMONG THEM, 13 OCCURRED IN COUNTRY

HE SAID. DAMAGING 35 HECTARES OF PLANTATION AND 540 TREES,

NEGLIGENCE

HE SAID ALL THESE FIRES WERE CAUSED BY HUMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF PEOPLE OBSERVED A FEW SIMPLE RULES.

HILL

PARKS,

WHICH

THESE RULES ARE:

*

BURN WORSHIPPING ITEMS ONLY IN METAL CONTAINERS;

*

DO NOT UNATTENDED;

LEAVE

LIGHTED

CANDLES,

JOSS

STICKS

AND

PAPERS

MAKE SURE ALL

WORSHIPPING ITEMS ARE LEAVING THE GRAVE SITES.

EXTINGUISHED

BEFORE

IN FACT, PROVIDED FOR PROMINENT LOCATIONS INSIDE

MR LAY ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD, THESE PEOPLE METAL CONTAINERS IN VARIOUS THE COUNTRY PARK.

BE CAREFUL WITH BURNING TRIBUTES IN CHUNG YEUNG: FSD REMINDED

AND

PAPER

PEOPLE ARE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD BE

JOSS STICKS DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL.

TRIBUTES WHEN

CAREFUL WITH BURNING

THEIR WORSHIPPING

ANCESTORS

A FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

SAID SPOKESMAN

TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FROM RESULTING

CARELESS BURNING THAT THE NUMBER OF FIRES

OF JOSS GRAVE-SWEEPING STICKS AND PAPER TRIBUTES WAS ALWAYS HIGHER DURING THE PERIODS IN APRIL AND OCTOBER.

SEVEN OUT OF 80 FIRES OF THIS NATURE IN THE FIRST EIGHT

LAST YEAR, 16

ALONE.

MONTHS FIRES

IN APRIL

SUCH OF THIS YEAR OCCURRED OCCURRED IN APRIL AND 54 OCCURRED IN OCTOBER, AGAINST A TOTAL OF 209.

/"WORSHIPPERS MUST