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OF THESE, THE HIGHEST FINE IMPOSED WAS $20 000, WHILE GAOL SENTENCES RANGED FROM ONE MONTH TO SIX MONTHS.
ARTICLES FORFEITED INCLUDED 1 322 PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEO CASSETTE TAPES, 73 REELS OF PORNOGRAPHIC 8 MM FILMS, 54 PRONOGRAPHIC SLIDES, TWO SETS OF PORNOGRAPHIC PLAYING CARDS, AND 4 378 PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES.
IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, FIVE CONVICTIONS ON CASES INVOLVING PORNOGRAPHY WERE SECURED, RESULTING IN A TOTAL FINE OF $3 000 AND THE CONFISCATION OF 105 PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEO TAPES AND EIGHT PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES.
MEET THE MEDIA
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, WILL MEET THE MEDIA ON THURSDAY (MAY 16) AT 4 PM IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS MEETING RULES
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THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL BE DISCUSSING THE RULES UNDER WHICH ITS BUSINESS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED, AT ITS FIRST BUSINESS MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), ONE WEEK AFTER ITS INAUGURAL MEETING.
IT WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE LEVEL OF HONORARIA AND OFFICE RENTAL ALLOWANCE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE EACH MONTH. AT THE MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE ORGANISATION OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE EXECUTIVE ARM OF THE COUNCIL, AND THAT OF THE COUNCIL SECRÉTARIAT.
THEY WILL ALSO BE BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THEIR FUTURE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN TSUEN WAN
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