FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1981
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TO BRING THE NUMBER OF ROAD ACCIDENTS DOWN, THE POLICE HAVE STEPPED UP ENFORCEMENT ACTION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+DURING 1980, 102 586 PROSECUTIONS WERE INITIATED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR A VARIETY OF TRAFFIC OFFENCES AND THIS FIGURE DOES NOT INCLUDE PARKING OFFENCES, HE SAID.
*THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 18 493 OR 22 PER CENT OVER 1979,+ HE ADDED.
OF THE TOTAL PROSECUTIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN 1980, 701 CASES INVOLVED DANGEROUS DRIVING, 4 604 INVOLVED CARELESS DRIVING AND 25 491 INVOLVED SPEEDING.
+ IT IS VERY APPARENT FROM THESE FIGURES AND THE ACCIDENT FIGURES THAT THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO PAY SCANT ATTENTION TO THEIR OWN SAFETY AND PARTICULARLY THE SAFETY OF OTHERS,+ MR SMALLSHAW SAID.
HE COMMENDED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ROAD SAFETY PATROLS AND ROAD SAFETY PATROL OFFICIALS FOR THE IR INTEREST IN THE ROAD SAFETY CAUSE.
+THE EXAMPLE BEING SET BY SO MANY SCHOOLS IN FORMING ROAD SAFETY PATROLS AND HELPING STUDENTS TO CROSS OUR BUSY ROADS IS A GOOD ONE AND ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED, HE SAID.
THE NUMBER OF ROAD SAFETY PATROLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IS GROWING FAST TO KEEP UP WITH THE INCREASED DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION THERE. AT PRESENT, THERE WERE 34 ROAD SAFETY PATROLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH OVER 1 000 MEMBERS.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, MR M.C. ILLINGWORTH, DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER, NEW TERRITORIES, PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT TO SENIOR PATROL OFFICIALS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR WAI HON-LEUNG WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ROAD SAFETY PATROLS, MR LAM CHIK-KUEN, MR_YEUNG KWONG, MR TIU PUI-KWONG AND MR YEUNG CHÊUK-WING WERE APPOINTED SENIOR CHIEF SUPERVISORS AND MR YAU HON-KE1 WAS APPOINTED CHIEF SUPERVISOR.
INCREASES SOUGHT
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THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY CONTAINS A MAGISTRATES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1981 WHICH SEEKS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FINĖS A MAGISTRATE CAN IMPOSE IN CERTAIN CASES.
THE BILL ALSO INCREASES THE LEVEL OF COSTS, COMPENSATION AND RECOGNISANCES THAT MAY BE ORDERED OR AWARDED BY THE COURT, AND THE VALUE OF CERTAIN GOODS THAT MAY NOT BE SEIZED ON A DISTRESS WARPANT.
THE INCREASED MAXIMUM FINES APPLY MAINLY TO CASES WHERE AN INDICTABLE OFFENCE IS DEALT WITH SUMMARILY AND WHERE THE MAGISTRATE IS GIVEN POWER TO FINE AN OFFENDER INSTEAD OF IMPRISONING HIM.
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