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SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 198
THE THIRD PHASE WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOURTH BLOCK, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH, 1988.
THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM WILL MEAN THE ENTIRE PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION WILL BE CHANGED, AS THE EXISTING MAIN BUILDING WILL BE TORN DOWN AND THE NEW BLOCKS WILL BE LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE HOSPITAL COMPOUND.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A NEW SERVICE ROAD LEADING FROM WAN CHAI ROAD IN ADDITION TO THE WIDENING OF THE EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AT QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.
A HUGE GARDEN AND STAFF QUARTERS WILL BE BUILT ON THE SITE WHERE THE EXISTING 100-YEAR-OLD MAIN BUILDING NOW STANDS.
THE TOTAL AREA OBTAINABLE AS A RESULT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WILL BE 33 880 SQUARE METRES.
16 000 PAY $1.5 MILLION IN NT LITTER FINES
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SOME 16 000 LITTERBUGS WERE BROUGHT TO NEW TERRITORIES COURTS IN THE PREVIOUS 15-MONTH-LONG CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN AND FINED A TOTAL OF $1.5 MILLION.
THE OFFENDERS INCLUDED RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWNS AND VILLAGES AS WELL AS HOLIDAY-MAKERS FROM THE URBAN AREAS AND THE FINES WERE ORDERED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1981 AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
AND DURING THAT PERIOD, A RECORD-HIGH FINE OF $2 000 WAS IMPOSED ON ONE OFFENDER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN AGAINST LITTER OFFENDERS, VERBAL WARNINGS WERE GIVEN TO ANOTHER 16 000 VISITORS AND NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS AT HOLIDAY RESORTS AND BATHING BEACHES.
AND 10 800 NOTICES WERE SENT TO SHOPS OPERATORS AND RESIDENTS REQUIRING THEM TO CLEAR AWAY RUBBISH ACCUMULATED WITHIN THE SIX-METRE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR PREMISES OR ON THE CANOPIES OF THEIR BUILDING.
THE ACTION AGAINST LITTERBUGS HAS STILL BEEN GOING. ON SINCE THE 1983 CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN BEGAN EARLY THIS MONTH, THE SPOKESMAN SAID. HE WARNED THE PUBLIC AGAINST LITTERING PUBLIC PLACES AND REMINDED THEM THAT IT COULD LEAD TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 AND A POSSIBLE JAIL SENTENCE OF SIX MONTHS.
/KEANWHILE,