SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1985
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WARNING AGAINST ILLEGAL SLAUGHTER ING
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NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGERS INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERING ARE TODAY WARNED TO STOP THEIR BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY, OR THEY WOULD BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID SUSTAINED EFFORTS WERE NOW BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO STAMP OUT THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
THE APPEAL WAS ISSUED AFTER TWO NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS, ONE IN YUEN LONG AND THE OTHER IN SAI KUNG, WERE RECENTLY BROUGHT TO COURT FOR RELATED OFFENCES.
THE OFFENDER IN YUEN LONG WAS FINED $5 000 - $3 500 FOR AN OFFENCE OF OPERATING AN UNLICENSED SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND $1 500 FOR A CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED FOOD FOR SALE - AT THE FANLING MAGISTRACY.
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THE SECOND OFFENDER WAS FINED $750 EACH FOR THE ABOVE TWO OFFENCES AT THE KWUN TONG MAGISTRACY.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR OPERATING A SLAUGHTERHOUSE WITHOUT A LICENCE IS $10 000 WHILE THAT OF POSSESSING PROHIBITED FOOD FOR SALE IS $2 000.
MEANWHILE, THE SPOKESMAN ALSO ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT TO BUY MEAT FROM ON-STREET HAWKERS AS THEIR MEAT, WHICH WERE MOSTLY SUPPLIED BY UNLICENSED SLAUGHTERHOUSES WERE NOT HYGIENICALLY PREPARED AND WOULD PROBABLY BE UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
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NEW FERRY PIER FOR TSING YI
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FERRY PIER ON TSING YI ISLAND.
THE WORKS INCLUDE THE BUILDING OF A SUPERSTRUCTURE ON A RECLAIMED SITE OF 1 400 SQUARE METRES, A PUBLIC TOILET AND CANOPIES TO THE BUS TERMINUS.
ON COMPLETION, FERRY OPERATIONS WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE PRESENT TSING YI BAY PIER WHERE FURTHER RECLAMATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT.
THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN EARLY JUNE AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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