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"Prosecution seems to be the only effective deterrent when offenders
persist in this way," the spokesman said.
He added that in Lei Cheng Uk estate, six hawkers in the cleaned-up area occupying resited stalls were fined sums ranging up to $300 for
storing goods outside the stall area.
In other estates, prosecution against shopkeepers who were storing
their goods outside the shop ranged up to $600.
The same problems have arisen in resettlement factories and
during April alone 33 successful prosecutions were taken against factory
tenants who were causing obstruction by leaving raw material, or finished
goods, outside their factories in the public spaces.
In these cases, fines ranged up to $2,500.
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