SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1991
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THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN, WITH "DISPOSE OF CIGARETTE BNDS SAFELY" AS ITS THEME, AIMS NOT ONLY AT SMOKERS, BUT EVERYONE WHO MAY, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, COME ACROSS SOME KIND OF SMOKING OR LIGHTING MATERIALS.
LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 4,000 FIRE OUTBREAKS WERE CAUSED BY CIGARETTE ENDS. MOST OF THESE DISASTROUS FIRES COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF PROPER CARE HAD BEEN TAKEN IN HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF SMOKING MATERIALS, MR MARCH SAID.
A SERIES OF PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO SPREAD THE FIRE PREVENTION MESSAGE.
INTERVIEWS AND
THESE INCLUDE RADIO PROGRAMMES, TELEVISION MOBILE EXHIBITIONS TO BE STAGED AT HOUSING ESTATES AND COMMERCIAL CENTRES.
TO DRIVE HOME THE "SAFE DISPOSAL OF CIGARETTE ENDS" MESSAGE, A 30-SECOND TELEVISION API (ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST) HAD BEEN MADE. BOOKLETS, BOOKMARKS, SOUVENIRS AND A POSTER ON THE THEME ARE BEING PRODUCED.
A LARGE CROWD OF SPECTATORS WERE ATTRACTED TO THE CAMPAIGN'S LAUNCHING CEREMONY HELD AT THE EDINBURGH PLACE TODAY. ENTERTAINING ITEMS SUCH AS A LION DANCE, DRAMA AND FIRE-FIGHTING TECHNIQUES DEMONSTRATION WERE STAGED AND WERE BROADCAST LIVE ON COMMERCIAL RADIO
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WHILE VIEWING THE DISPLAYS, VIDEO SHOW AND FIRE BOAT AND FIRE ENGINES, THE SPECTATORS CO-OPERATE IN REDUCING INJURIES, AND LOSS OF RESULTED FROM FIRES CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS.
FACILITIES ON THE WERE ENCOURAGED ΤΟ LIVES AND PROPERTY
MR MARCH THANKED THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR HELPING IN THE PLANNING AND PROMOTION OF THE CAMPAIGN, AND ΤΟ THE KWONG ON BANK FOR ITS CONTINUOUS GENEROUS SUPPORT TO THIS CAMPAIGN.
GOOD NEWS FOR PENSIONERS
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RETIRED CIVIL SERVANTS WHO WANT ΤΟ SEEK EMPLOYMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN NOW TURN TO A SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT SCHEME FOR ASSISTANCE.
THE NEW PENSIONERS AND ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT REGISTER (PEER) ΤΟ
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BE SET UP BY
IS ONE OF
NEW TWO INITIATED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH FOR PENSIONERS.
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