WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1979
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GOVERNOR LEAVES HOSPITAL
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, LEFT HOSPITAL LAST FRIDAY (DECEMBER 7) AND HAS GONE HOME TO SCOTLAND TO RECOUP FROM HIS OPERATION.
HE IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND IS EXPECTED BACK IN HONG KONG ON JANUARY 23, 1980.
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ACTION AGAINST SOILING OF ROADS
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TAKING STRONGER ACTION AGAINST OFFENDERS LITTERING ROADS WITH REFUSE BLOWN OFF FROM UNCOVERED LORRIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT, UP TO DECEMBER 10, A TOTAL OF 130 PROSECUTIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT AGAINST SUCH OFFENDERS SINCE THE JUNK BAY CONTROLLED TIP AT SAI KUNG OPENED ON THE 12TH OF LAST MONTH.
THE OFFENDERS WERE CHARGED UNDER THE PUBLIC CLEANSING AND PREVENTION OF NUISANCE (NEW TERRITORIES) REGULATIONS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE.
+THE JUNK BAY CONTROLLED TIP IS DESIGNED FOR PRIVATE REFUSE LORRIES FROM ALL OVER KOWLOON TO DUMP THEIR REFUSE FREE OF CHARGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+EVERYDAY, SINCE ITS OPENING, MORE THAN 400 LORRIES HAVE MADE USE OF THIS CONTROLLED TIP.
+HOWEVER, MANY ANTI-SOCIAL AND CARELESS DRIVERS DO NOT TAKE PROPER ACTION TO COVER THE REFUSE THEY ARE CARRYING. AS A RESULT THE REFUSE IS BLOWN OFF THEIR LORRIES ALONG THE ROADS CAUSING HEALTH NUISANCE TO THE PUBLIC.+
TO PREVENT THIS, NTSD CLEANSING STAFF ARE STATIONED BY THE ROADS IN SAI KUNG LEADING TO THE CONTROLLED TIP TO CRACK DOWN ON THESE LORRIES AND ISSUE THEN A 'LITTER TICKET'
IMMEDIATELY.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THESE CASES WOULD BE HEARD IN COURT IN TWO TO THREE WEEKS TIME AFTER THE TICKET IS ISSUED.
THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR SUCH AN OFFENCE IS $1 000 ON FIRST CONVICTION AND $2 000 FOR SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT CONVICTIONS.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, TWO COMPANIES WERE FINED UNDER THE SAME REGULATION IN FANLING- MAGISTRÁCY FOR FAILING TO PREVENT THE LOAD OF EARTH THEIR TRUCKS WERE CARRYING FROM FALLING ONTO THE ROADS.
THE TWO COMPANIES FACED EIGHT AND 14 CHARGES RESPECTIVELY. THE FINE FOR EACH CHARGE WAS $2 000 AND TOTALLED $44 000,
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