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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1980
OTHER MAJOR SUCCESSES INCLUDED 1
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A CRACK-DOWN ON A DRUG LABORATORY IN A REMOTE FARM IN KEI LUN HILL, NEW TERRITORIES, ON MARCH 8 RESULTING IN THE SEIZURE OF OVER $1.1 MILLION WORTH OF NO. 3 HEROIN AND A LARGE QUANTITY OF HEROIN MANUFACTURING PARAPHERNALIA AND CHEMICALS AND
A $200 000 HEROIN HAUL FROM A FACTORY IN KO FAI ROAD, YAU TONG, ON MAY 19 AND A SERIES OF RAIDS IN FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES IN KOWLOON FOLLOWING THE SEIZURE.
+THESE SUCCESSES MADE LIFE HARD FOR THE 'PUSHERS' BUT OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO INFILTRATE, HARASS AND BREAK UP THE TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS, AND GO ALL OUT TO APPREHEND DRUG CARRIERS ATTEMPTING TO BRING SUPPLIES INTO HONG KONG, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
LABOUR DEPARTMENT HANDLES AIR POLLUTION COMPLAINTS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION HAS BEEN ABLE TO ENFORCE THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE AND ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS MORE EFFICIENTLY SINCE AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION WERE MADE IN JUNE LAST YEAR.
THE AMENDMENTS STREAMLINED INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND ELIMINATED AMBIGUITY IN THE LEGISLATION,
IN 1979, THE DIVISION INVESTIGATED A TOTAL OF 975 COMPLAINTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND REMEDIAL MEASURES WERE SUBSEQUENTLY TAKEN.
OF THE COMPLAINTS, A GREAT PROPORTION WAS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHILE SOME WERE REFERRED TO THE DIVISION BY THE URBAN SERVICES DÉPARTMENT, CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. THE TARGETS OF THESE COMPLAINTS WERE MAINLY FACTORIES AND RESTAURANTS.
LAST YEAR THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ALMOST EQUALLED THE 974 IN 1978, BUT THERE WAS A 20 PER CENT INCREASE IN COMPLAINTS RECEIVED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE INCREASE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE RAPID NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE AT SHA TIN, TAI PO AND TUEN MUN.
IF A COMPLAINT IS SUBSTANTIATED, THE DIVISION NORMALLY GIVES ADVICE TO THE OFFENDER ON REMEDIAL MEASURES AND ONLY RESORTS TO PROSECUTION IN RESPECT OF PERSISTENT OFFENDERS.
LAST YEAR, 58 PERSISTENT OFFENDERS, MOSTLY FACTORIES AND RESTAURANTS OPERATORS, WERE PROSECUTED AND CONVICTED AND THE IR FINES RANGED FROM $200 TO $2 700.
700. IN 1978 A TOTAL OF 50 OFFENDERS WERE PROSECUTED.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE DIVISION PROCESSED 361 SETS OF PLANS FOR INSTALLATION OF OR ALTERATION TO FURNACES AND CHIMNEYS.
/IN APPROVING