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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1980
UNDER THE BILL, ANY PERSON WHO DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE COURT ORDER WILL BE LIABLE TOI
* A FINE OF $50 A DAY WHILE THE DEFAULT CONTINUES,
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ÚP TO A MAXIMUM OF $5 000, OR
IMPRISONMENT UNTIL HE HAS REMEDIED HIS DEFAULT,
FOR A MAXIMUM PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS.
OFFENDERS CAN ALSO BE DISQUALIFIED FROM HOLDING OR OBTAINING
A DRIVING LICENCE FOR THE SAME PERIOD AS FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE TRAFFIC OFFENCE ITSELF.
THE BILL WILL REQUIRE THE COURT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACTS OF THE TRAFFIC OFFENCE IN DETERMINING THE SENTENCE FOR NON-DISCLOSURE.
VEHICLE OWNERS WILL STILL BE ENTITLED TO AN ACQUITTAL IF THEY CAN PROVE THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW, OR CANNOT WITH REASONABLE DILIGENCE ASCERTAIN, THE PARTICULARS OF THE DRIVER INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED OFFENCE.
ANTI-SMOKING EXHIBITION
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AT LEAST ONE MILLION PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD DIE EACH YEAR OF DISEASES RELATED TO SMOKING WHICH IS NOW THE LARGEST SINGLE PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF ILL HEALTH AND THREATENS TO BECOME TOMORROW'S MAJOR HEALTH HAZARD OF THE WORLD.
ACCORDING TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION STATISTICS, 90 PER CENT OF ALL LUNG CANCER DEATHS ARE SMOKERS, SO ARE 25 PER CENT OF DEATHS FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND 75 PER CENT OF ALL DEATHS FROM CHRONIC BRONCHITIS.
IN ORDER TO SHOW THE PUBLIC HOW SMOKING AFFECTS HEALTH, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE HONG KONG CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, WILL JOINTLY MOUNT A 'SMOKING OR HEALTH EXHIBITION" AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL NEXT WEEK.
THE FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION, SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION, WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY (APRIL 7) WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED BY WHO AS THE WORLD HEALTH DAY FOR 1980.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ANTI-SMOK ING HEALTH EDUCATION DRIVE THIS YEAR TO ENCOURAGE SMOKERS TO GIVE UP THE HABIT AND TO PREVENT YOUNGSTERS FROM SMOKING.
OTHER HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES TO BE ORGANISED WILL INCLUDE MOBILE DISPLAY IN COMMUNITY CENTRES AND SCHOOLS, SEMINARS FOR YOUTH GROUPS AND STUDENTS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICITY MATERIALS.
THE ANTI-SHOKING