THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1984
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$750 000 FINES FOR LITTERBUGS
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MORE THAN 4 300 PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED FOR VARIOUS LITTER OFFENCES LAST MONTH, AN INCREASE OF 21 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 3 509 IN JUNE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE FINES, RANGING FROM $25 TO $1 000, TOTALLED $750 000 IN JULY, COMPARED WITH $599 545 COLLECTED IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
OF THE PROSECUTIONS, 2 839 PERSONS WERE CHARGED FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING OF LITTER, 1 209 FOR SPITTING IN STREETS AND PUBLIC PLACES AND 318 FOR CAUSING OBSTRUCTION TO SCAVENGING AND CONSERVANCY OPERATIONS.
THE SPOKESMAN CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO DISPOSE OF ANY LITTER IN BINS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT ON PAVEMENTS.
+THOSE WHO WANT TO CLEAR THEIR THROATS WHILE IN THE STREETS SHOULD USE TISSUE PAPER WHICH IS TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE BINS PROPERLY.
+ IN SO DOING, THEY WILL NOT ONLY AVOID BEING CHARGED AND FINED, BUT WILL ALSO HELP KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN, HE ADDED.
SPEED LIMIT REMINDER FOR MOTORISTS
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A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (THURSDAY) REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT THE SPEED LIMIT THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WILL BE FIXED AT 50 KM/H FOR THREE DAYS FROM AUGUST 25 TO AUGUST 27 TO FACILITATE THE CHANGEOVER TO METRIC SPEED LIMIT SIGNS.
HE STRESSED THAT NO MOTORIST ON ANY ROAD IN THE TERRITORY SHOULD DRIVE IN EXCESS OF 50 KM/H FROM MIDNIGHT ON AUGUST 24 TO MIDNIGHT ON AUGUST 27, WHATEVER THE SIGNS INDICATE.
+HOWEVER, FROM AUGUST 28, MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO OBSERVE A GENERAL SPEED LIMIT OF 50 KM/H, UNLESS THE SIGNS ERECTED SHOW A DIFFERENT SPEED LIMIT.+
HE ALSO ADVISED MOTOR ISTS TO DRIVE EXTRA CAREFULLY OVER THE THREE DAYS AS WORKMEN WOULD BE PUTTING UP NEW METRIC SPEED LIMIT SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
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