MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1934
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SEMINARS ON GREEN PAPER
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RESIDENTS OF HUNG HOM AND TO KWA WAN WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE GREEN PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT THROUGH TWO SEMINARS TO BE HELD TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AND THE FOLLOWING (WEDNESDAY) EVENINGS.
BOTH SEMINARS, ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, WILL START AT 8 PM IN THE C.C.C.NIM TSI COLLEGE AT 170 KAU PUI LUNG ROAD, TO KWA WAN,
CHAIRED BY AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CLEMENT CHEUNG, GUEST SPEAKERS AT TOMORROW'S SEMINAR WILL INCLUDE AN URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR PAO PING-WING A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR KONG PAK-KEUNG; CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE TO KWA WAN AREA COMMITTEE, MR PATRICK L.T. WONG AND MRS MABEL CHOW; AND A SOCIAL WORKER, MISS CHENG HAU-YEE.
AT WEDNESDAY'S SEMINAR, THE CHAIRMEN OF FOUR AREA COMMITTEES WILL ALSO BE PRESENT. THEY ARE MR PATRICK WONG OF TO KWA WAN SOUTH, MR LEUNG HOI OF TO KWA WAN NORTH, MR WOO WING-KI OF HUNG HOM SOUTH AND MR WONG WING-PIU OF HUNG HOM NORTH.
RESTAURANT CHECKS BY HEALTH STAFF UP
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MORE THAN 380 RESTAURANT OPERATORS, LICENSED AND UNLICENSED, WERE PROSECUTED LAST MONTH COMPARED WITH 288 IN JULY LAST YEAR AN INCREASE OF 32 PER CENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT FINES FOR THE MONTH, RANGING FROM $100 TO OVER $2 000, AMOUNTED TO SOME $325 000. THIS COMPARED WITH $250 910 COLLECTED IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS, 147 WERE INITIATED AGAINST LICENSED RESTAURANT OPERATORS WHO WERE IN BREACH OF VARIOUS HEALTH LAWS OR LICENSING CONDITIONS.
THESE INCLUDED THE USE OF OPEN SPACE FOR SCULLERY, STORAGE OR PREPARATION OF FOOD; DIRTY FOOD PREMISES; FOOD NOT STORED IN A SUITABLE CONTAINER; AND DEVIATION FROM APPROVED LAYOUT.
OF THE REMAINING CASES, 143 WERE CHARGED FOR OPERATING FOOD BUSINESSES WITHOUT LICENCES AND 91 FOR CARRYING OUT BUSINESSES IN BREACH OF COURT ORDERS.
/THE SPOKESLA