Monday, January 28, 1974
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He said that the drums belonging to Miss So were stored in
the midèle of the village by her shop.
"Due to the remoteness of this island," he said, "the Fire
Services Department feared that, in the event of a fire, involving
such large quantities of dangerous goods, the entire village would
be wiped out before any re-inforcements from Hong Kong could arrive.
The defendant has been a licensee of dangerous goods for many years
and is aware of the dangerous properties of such goods and should
certainly not pose such a serious hazard by placing goods in this area."
Hics So, when asked by Mr. Blackwell if she had anything to
say, pointed out the existence of a dangerous goods licence, but Mr.
Li said that this had no relevance to the case.
Imposing a fine of $4,000, Mr. Blackwell said:
"This was
tantamount to putting a bomb in the middle of the village. You had
no thought for the safety of the other villagers. It was a most selfish
act."
Fines totalling $7,000 were imposed on the Sang Ring Hong Corr “any
Limited, of 8, Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan, who pleaded guilty to two
summonses of storing dangerous goods without a licence, one summons of carrying dangerous goods without approval and two summonses of depositing
dangerous goods on a parked vehicle for an unreasonable period of time.
The total amount of dangerous goods involved in the summonses was 3,200 gallons of kerosene, 1,976 gallons of diesel oil and 118 containers
of liquefied petroleum gas, which were placed in locations at Tsuen Wan,
Kwai Chung and Fanling. The company stated that the goods were awaiting
delivery to customers.
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