THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1983
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PARK RANGERS ON ALERT FOR OFFENDERS
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THE YEAR-ROUND WORK OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHER IES DEPARTMENT'S PARK RANGE SERVICE KEEPS HONG KONG'S 21 COUNTRY PARKS CLEAN AND GREEN.
IN THE 1982-83 FINANCIAL YEAR, THE SERVICE, WHICH HAS 90 RANGERS AND WARDENS, TOOK 1 424 PERSONS TO COURT FOR OFFENCES RANGING FROM LITTERING AND WATER POLLUTION, TO THE ILLEGAL USE OF FIRES AND UNAUTHORISED ENTRY BY BICYCLES AND OTHER VEHICLES.
THESE OFFENDERS WERE ALL SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED AND FINED A TOTAL OF $195 000, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
OF THE TOTAL 1 124 CASES RELATED TO LITTERING, 47 TO THE ILLEGAL USE OF FIRES, 115 TO UNAUTHORISED ENTRY BY VEHICLES AND BICYCLES, AND THE REST TO SUCH OFFENCES AS CAMPING WITHOUT PERMIT AND WATER POLLUTION.
AMONG ITS OTHER TASKS, THE SERVICE DISPOSED OF MORE THAN 3 000 TONNES OF REFUSÉ FROM THE COUNTRY PARKS DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR,
+TO HELP REDUCE LITTERING, THE COUNTRY PARK AUTHORITY HAS PROVIDED LITTER STOCKADES WITHIN THE PARKS, IN ADDITION TO LITTER BINS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT PERMISSION WAS REQUIRED FOR THE USE OF VEHICLES IN THE PARKS.
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