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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1974.
UNSIGHTLY POSTERS ARE PROMPTLY REMOVED WHEN REPORTED
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UNSIGHTLY ADVERTISEMENTS ARE REMOVED FROM CROWN LAND AND PROPERTY BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON RECEIPT OF EITHER REPORTS FROM ITS STAFF OR COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC. THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. JAMES ROBSON TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
ANSWERING A QUESTION ON THE SUBJECT BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG- LEEN, MR. ROBSON SAID AN AVERAGE OF EIGHT TO TEN COMPLAINTS WERE MADE TO THE P.V.D. BY THE PUBLIC EACH MONTH.
+ALL ARE DEALT WITH AS PROMPTLY AS AVAILABLE RESOURCES PERMIT WHERE POSSIBLE P.W.D. RECOVERS THE COST OF REMOVAL FROM THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT.
+P.H.D. IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING UNSIGHTLY ADVERTISE- MENTS FROM LAMP POSTS. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE POWER COMPANIES, LAMP POSTS ARE DEPLOYED IN ACCORDANCE WITH P.W.D.PLANS AND COME UNDER CROWN AEGIS,+ HE SAID.
MR. ROBSON ALSO WARNED THAT ACTION CAN BE TAKEN, UNDER THE SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE, AGAINST IMPROPER FIXING OF POSTERS AND MARKING OF ROCKS AND ROAD-SIDES. THE OFFENCES CARRY A FINE OF $500 OR THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
POSTAL BOXES
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A TOTAL OF 3,695 APPLICATIONS ARE ON THE WAITING LIST
FOR POST OFFICE BOXES.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 20,735 BOXES AT THE 30 POST OFFICES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG 317 OF THEM VACANT, THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. DAVID JORDAN, SAID.
IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. DR. CHUNG SZE-YUEN FOR VARIOUS STATISTICS ON POSTAL BOXES, HR. JORDAN TABLED A LIST SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BOXES AVAILABLE, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, IF ANY, AND THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, IF ANY, ON THE WAITING LIST AT EACH OF THE 30 POST OFFICES.
THE TABLE SHOWS THAT MOST OF THE BOXES ARE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE IN CENTRAL (6,750), THE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE (4,620) AND AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE (2,350).
THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR BOXES AT THESE POST OFFICES IS 1.498= 248- AND 671 RESPECTIVELY. THERE ARE NO VACANT BOXES AT THESE THREE POST OFFICES.
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