FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1982
STEPPED-UP ACTION AGAINST LITTERBUGS
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VISITORS TO COUNTRY PARKS WILL FACE STEPPED-UP LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR LITTERING FROM THIS WEEKEND,
FIELD STAFF OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON FULL ALERT FOR LITTERBUGS.
+WE ARE ABSOLUTELY FED UP WITH THIS ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR WHICH CONTINUES IN SPITE OF THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE TIME HAS COME FOR MORE VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW IN ORDER TO DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE FOR A CLEAN COUNTRYSIDE, HE ADDED.
FROM THIS WEEKEND, SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE SAI KUNG AND PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARKS WHERE TEAMS OF PARK RANGERS AND FIELD STAFF ON ANTI-LITTER DUTY WILL PATROL.
THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT THIS DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY EXCUSE FOR INDISCRIMINATE LITTERING IN OTHER COUNTRY PARKS OR IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IN GENERAL.
+IT IS EVERY VISITOR'S DUTY TO KEEP OUR COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN AND TIDY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
ANYONE CAUGHT LITTERING INSIDE A COUNTRY PARK IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $2 000 AND THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT ON CONVICTION.
LAST YEAR MORE THAN 2 500 TONNES OF LITTER WERE COLLECTED FROM COUNTRY PARKS.
FOR ITS PART, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL BE CONTINUING TO CLEAN UP COUNTRY PARKS, PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BLACK SPOTS WHERE LITTER IS KNOWN TO BE A PERSISTENT PROBLEM.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +WE SHALL BE ALLOCATING MORE TIME TO CLEANSING OPERATIONS, AND ADDITIONAL CASUAL LABOURERS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED.+
TO AVOID OVERFLOWING OF THE LITTER BINS, LITTER +STOCKADES+ OF TIMBER HAVE BEEN BUILT IN SOME COUNTRY PARKS TO HOLD A LARGER AMOUNT OF LITTER, AND AT THE SAME TIME PREVENT DOGS OR OTHER ANIMALS FROM ENTERING.
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