SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1984
9
THE YAN CHA HOSPITAL AND OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL WERE EACH GRANTED ABOUT $200 000 TO PURCHASE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.
THE SALVATION ARMY WAS GIVEN $178 900 TO PURCHASE TOYS AND EQUIPMENT FOR ITS NURSERIES-YOUTH CENTRES, HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ETC.
THE HAVEN OF HOPE HOSPITAL WAS GRANTED $166 200 TO PURCHASE PHYSIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT.
NT LITTERBUGS PAY $3.5M IN FINES
****
SOME $3.5 MILLION WAS PAID IN FINES BY 35 000 PEOPLE FOR LITTERING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
ALL THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED BY THE PEOPLE BY SIMPLY OBSERVING THE ANTI-LITTER LAWS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP THE CITY CLEAN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
LAST YEAR, 9 550 LITTERBUGS WERE FINED A TOTAL OF $1.25 MILLION. THE HIGHEST SINGLE FINE WAS $1 700.
IN 1982, 12 300 OFFENDERS WERE FINED A TOTAL OF $1.16 MILLION, INDICATING THAT THE FINES WERE GETTING HEAVIER. AMONG THOSE CONVICTED WERE MANY REPEAT OFFENDERS.
+LITTERING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND VIGILANCE WILL BE KEPT UP AGAINST OFFENDERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TO HELP IN THE ANTI-LITTER EFFORT, A COMPUTER SYSTEM HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE NTSD TO PROVIDE QUICK DATA ON PREVIOUS OFFENDERS.
PREVIOUSLY, NO RECORDS OF LITTER OFFENDERS WERE KEPT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. AS A RESULT, LITTERBUGS WERE ALL TREATED AS FIRST OFFENDERS.
THE NTSD'S COMPUTER SYSTEM NOW RECORDS ALL LITTER OFFENCES, LIKE IN THE URBAN AREA, WHERE A COMPUTER SYSTEM COMMISSIONED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, ALSO OPERATES.
URGING THE PUBLIC TO BE MORE SOCIAL CONSCIOUS BY NOT LITTERING PUBLIC PLACES, THE NTSD SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE COST OF CLEANING UP CARELESSLY DISCARDED REFUSE WAS ENORMOUS.
HE WARNED THAT LITTERING IN PUBLIC PLACES OR FROM PRIVATE CARS, GOODS VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES COULD RESULT IN A FINE OF $5 000 AND A JAIL SENTENCE OF UP TO SIX MONTHS.
/10
Page 10Page 11