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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1990

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MR MARC POINTED OUT THAT 24 PEOPLE HAD ALREADY DIED AND 400 HAD BEEN INJURED IN FIRES THIS YEAR.

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"SAVE FOR THE DETERMINATION AND SKILLS OF OUR FIREMEN WHO RESCUED OVER 1,100 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN FIRES THIS YEAR ALONE, DEATH TOLL WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE FAR HIGHER, HE SAID.

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TO HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE ON FIRE SAFETY AT HOME, A 30-SECOND TV PROMOTIONAL FILM AND A POSTER DEPICTING ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF KITCHEN FIRES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED. OTHER PUBLICITY MATERIALS INCLUDE A PAMPHLET AND STICKERS ADVISING THE PUBLIC TO FOLLOW KITCHEN FIRE SAFETY RULES.

"MOBILE FIRE PREVENTION EXHIBITIONS WILL BE STAGED AT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND COMMERCIAL CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS," HE ADDED.

MR MARCH THANKED THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR RENDERING HELP IN PLANNING AND PROMOTING THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN. HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO THE KWONG ON BANK FOR ITS GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP OF THE CAMPAIGN.

WINNERS IN ASD'S ANNUAL DESIGN AWARD SCHEME

THE OPERATIONAL AND SERVICE CENTRE OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AND FOUR OTHER BUILDING PROJECTS EMERGED AS WINNERS IN THIS YEAR'S ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL AWARD SCHEME.

THE CENTRE, LOCATED AT JAVA ROAD, NORTH POINT WAS DESCRIBED BY THE SCHEME'S JUDGING PANEL AS "A CLEVER AND ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN"

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THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE DESIGN AND DETAILING WAS ALSO RECOGNISED BY THE JUDGES. IT IS BOUND ON THREE SIDES BY SLIP ROADS OF THE EASTERN CORRIDOR.

IT PROVIDED OFFICES, WORKSHOPS, COVERED AND OPEN STORES, AND OTHER ANCILLARY FACILITIES FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

APART FROM THE CENTRE, THE OTHER WINNING DESIGNS ARE THE CREMATORIUM AND COLUMBARIUM AT CHEUNG CHAU, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL COMPLEX IN YEUNG UK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE STAGE II PHASE A AND THE RESTORATION AND REFURBISHMENT OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY BUILDING IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

A TOTAL OF 12 PROJECTS COMPETED FOR THIS YEAR'S AWARD. THE COMPETITION WAS FIRST HELD IN 1983.

TO COMPETE, A PROJECT HAS TO BE DESIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT. SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED AND COMPLETED WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

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