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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1992

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FIRE SAFETY ADVICE

OPERATORS OF ENTERTAINMENT PREMISES, RESTAURANTS AND DEPARTMENT STORES ARE REMINDED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ΤΟ REDUCE FIRE RISKS DURING THE FESTIVE SEASON.

THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS WHITTEN TO MANAGEMENTS OF CINEMAS, THEATRES, NIGHTCLUBS, DISCOTHEQUES, DEPARTMENT STORES AND OTHER PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, ASKING THEM TAKE HEED OF SOME FIRE SAFETY RULES. THEY SHOULD:

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ARE NO'T OVERLOADED

ENSURE THAT ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND THAT SMOKING IS PROPERLY CONTROLLED IN THE PREMISES SO AS TO REDUCE THE SOURCE OF IGNITION;

CLEAR THE RUBBISH IN THE PREMISES FREQUENTLY TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF COMBUSTIBLES;

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AVOID OVERCROWDING BY PROPERLY PEOPLE ENTERING THE PREMISES;

CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF

ENSURE THAT THE FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS IN THE BUILDING ARR IN EFFICIENT WORKING ORDER AND THAT STAFF ARE CONVERSANT WITH THE METHODS OF OPERATION; AND

ENSURE NO OBSTRUCTION IN PASSAGE OR LOCKING OF DOORS OR EXITS.

NEW COINS TO HERALD NEW YEAR

NEW

COINS FEATURING THE DESIGN OF A BAUHINIA FLOWER WILL, BE TENDER FROM NEW YEAR'S DAY (JANUARY 1), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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A PROCLAMATION TO THIS EFFECT WILL BE GAZETTED TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE NEW FIVE-DOLLAR AND TWO-DOLLAR COINS WOULD Br. PUT INTO CIRCULATION FIRST.

"THIS WELL BR FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE ISSUE OF THE NEW ONE- DOLLAR, FIFTY-CENT AND TWENTY-CENT COINS.

"A 10-DOLLAR COIN IS SCHEDULED TO BE INTRODUCED IN 1994 OR 1995 TO REPLACE THE EXISTING 10-DOLLAR NOTE, HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT AS THE COIN REPLACEMENT WAS A BIG EXERCISE, A PHASED INTRODUCTION WAS BEING ADOPTED.

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