MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1984
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142 PEOPLE FINED FOR OFFENCES IN PARKS
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MOTORISTS DRIVING INTO COUNTRY PARKS WITHOUT PERMISSION HAVE BECOME THE SECOND LARGEST GROUP OF PEOPLE FINED FOR OFFENCES IN THE PARKS AFTER LITTERBUGS.
LAST MONTH 22 PEOPLE WERE FINED FOR SUCH AN OFFENCE.
TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED FOR RIDING BICYCLES INTO THE COUNTRY PARKS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY STRESSED THAT ROADS IN COUNTRY PARKS WERE NOT BUILT FOR USE BY VEHICLES.
IN JULY, 142 PEOPLE WERE FINED FOR VARIOUS OFFENCES IN THE PARKS. OF THESE, 104 WERE FINED FOR LITTERING.
SEVEN OTHERS WERE PROSECUTED FOR USING FIRES IN NON-DESIGNATED SITES DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
OTHER OFFENCES INCLUDED CAMPING IN NON-DESIGNATED SITES, DAMAGING PROPERTY AND POLLUTING WATER.
NEW POST OFFICE FOR TSUEN WAN
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A NEW POST OFF ICE PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES WILL BE OPENED IN TSUEN WAN NEXT TUESDAY (AUGUST 28).
THE OFFICE, LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF EAST ASIA COMMERCIAL CENTRE, 18-32 TSUEN WING STREET, WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING POST OFFICE AT 73 HAM TIN STREET WHICH WILL BE CLOSED DOWN THE SAME DAY.
IT WILL ALSO TAKE OVER REGISTERED MAIL AND PARCEL COLLECTION SERVICES AS WELL AS P.O. BOX FACILITIES NOW PROVIDED IN THE POST OFFICES AT 407 AND 455-457 CASTLE PEAK ROAD. THE NEW OFFICE WILL ACCEPT SPEEDPOST POSTINGS AS WELL.
ITS BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE 9 AM TO 5 PM FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY, AND ITS TELEPHONE NUMBER WILL BE 0-4998888.
ALSO FROM NEXT TUESDAY, THE PRESENT POST OFF ICE AT 455-457 CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL BE CLOSED DOWN.
THE OFFICE AT 407 CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER NORMAL COUNTER SERVICES, AND WILL ACCEPT SPEEDPOST POSTINGS.
BUT ITS BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE CHANGED TO: 9 AM - 5 PM, MONDAY TO FRIDAY, AND 9 AM - 1 PM ON SATURDAY. ITS TELEPHONE NUMBER (0-4934028) REMAINS UNCHANGED.
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