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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1979
176 DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLES INSPECTED IN NT
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FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU OFFICERS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CARRIED OUT A FULL-SCALE CHECK ON DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,
THE OFFICERS CONCENTRATED THE IR CHECK ON VEHICLES CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS BUT NOT LICENSED TO DO SO AND VEHICLES CARRYING KEROSENE IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE.
DURING THE FOUR-HOUR OPERATION LED BY ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICERS MR. CHEUNG CHI-WAH AND MR. CHIU WIN-PO, A TOTAL OF 176 DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLES WERE INSPECTED OF WHICH SIX WERE FOUND TO BE UNLICENSED- 12 CONVEYING MIXED STORAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS WITHOUT THE NECESSARY ENDORSEMENTS ON THEIR LICENCES TO ALLOW THEM TO DO SO AND 13 REQUIRED RE-INSPECTION BY FPB OFFICERS CONCERNING MINOR DEFECTS IN THEIR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. ONE VEHICLE WAS FOUND TO BE UNATTENDED TO.
IN THE OPERATION, FPB OFFICERS DIVIDED INTO TEN TEAMS BEGAN THE IR CHECKS FROM 8.30 AM IN TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG, KAM TIN, SHA TIN, TUEN MUN, SHEUNG SHUI, TAI PO, FANLING, TAI LAM CHUNG AND KHAI CHÚNG.
IN KAM TIN, TWO UNLICENSED DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLES WERE DISCOVERED OF WHICH ONE WAS FOUND USING 17 FOUR-GALLON PLASTIC CONTAINERS TO CONVEY KEROSENE. THE REMAINING FOUR UNLICENSED VEHICLES WERE FOUND IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN.
A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY UPON CONVICTION FOR USING AN UNLICENSED VEHICLES TO CONVEY DANGEROUS GOODS WAS A FINE OF $8 000 AND SIX MONTHS IMPRISONMENT.
HE ADDED THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR USING PLASTIC CONTAINERS TO CONVEY KEROSENE WAS A FINE OF $5 000 AND TWO MONTHS IMPRISONMENT.
+THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR CONVEYING MIXED STORAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS AND UNATTENDED DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLE IS A FINE OF $1 000,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
COMMENTING ON TODAY'S OPERATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE RESULTS WERE QUITE SATISFACTORY BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLES INSPECTED WERE LICENSED AND ALL THE IR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WERE COMPLIED WITH.
+WE SENT LETTERS TO VARIOUS OIL COMPANIES AND AGENTS IN SEPTEMBER REMINDING THEM OF THE LICENSING CONDITIONS, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND PARTICULARLY THAT FOUR-GALLON PLASTIC CONTAINERS MUST NOT BE USED TO CONVEY KEROSENE.
*THE FACT THAT ONLY A FEW PLASTIC CONTAINERS WERE SEIZED TODAY SHOWS THAT GENERALLY ALL OIL COMPANIES AND AGENTS ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO CO-OPERATE,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
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