SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1980
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HE SAID DESPITE APPLICATION REFERRALS BY THE POLICE TO THE BOARDS, SOME OF THEM DID NOT APPLY POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEIR INJURIES WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO DISPUTES OR GANG ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH THEY WERE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE.
+BESIDES, SOME MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE INTEREST TO APPLY AS THEY CONSIDERED THE IR INJURIES MINOR, HE ADDED.
MR WEI, HOWEVER, POINTED OUT THAT MORE VICITMS HAD APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARDS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, REFLECTING A GROWING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SCHEME.
LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 227 DIRECT APPLICATIONS COMPARED WITH 68 IN 1976-77, HE SAID.
APPLICATIONS UNDER THE SCHEME CAN BE MADE AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION SECTION ON THE 14TH FLOOR OF WORLD TRADE CENTRE AT 280 GLOUCESTER ROAD, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-7903349).
WARNING TO LITTER BUGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES
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AN ALL-OUT LAW ENFORCEMENT ANTI-LITTER DRIVE IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS TO REMIND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN HELPING TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.
ALL LITTER BUGS WILL BE BOOKED STARTING FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WARNED.
+OFFENDERS WILL FACE A MAXIMUM FINE OF $1 000 ON FIRST OFFENCE AND $2 000 ON SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION, SAID THE SPOKESMAN. THE ANTI-LITTER EXERCISE WILL LAST THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AIMED AT REVIVING THE CLEAN HONG KONG SPIRIT.
DURING THE OPERATION, LITTER WARDENS WILL STEP UP THE IR EFFORTS AT ALL LITTER BLACK SPOTS AND TAKE OUT PROSECUTION AGAINST EVERY OFFENDER.
RURAL LEADERS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE URGED TO BRING THE ANTI-LITTER MESSAGE TO THEIR FELLOW VILLAGERS AND RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.
+ IT IS AN OFFENCE TO DISCARD ANY LITTER AND REFUSE IN ANY STREET OR PUBLIC PLACE OR COMMON PARTS OF BUILDING OR ANY WATER COURSE, STREAM, CHANNEL, DITCH OR WATERS OF HONG KONG, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.
TO COINCIDE WITH THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, INTENSIVE CLEAN-UPS WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT ALL LITTER BLACK SPOTS TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
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