MONDAY, JULY 29, 1985
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BLITZ STARTS ON UNHYGIENIC TRANSPORTATION OF FOOD
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THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY WARNED FOOD MERCHANTS, TRANSPORT OPERATORS AND DELIVERY PERSONNEL AGAINST TRANSPORTING FOOD IN THE OPEN.
STARTING FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY), A TWO-WEEK BLITZ WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY HEALTH STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT TO INTENSIFY PROSECUTION ACTION AGAINST OFFENDERS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
THE DEPARTMENT EARLIER SENT ADVISORY LETTERS TO THE TRADES CONCERNED WARNING THEM THAT THEY SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL FOOD TO BE TRANSPORTED, SUCH AS ROASTED PRODUCTS DRESSED POULTRY AND MEAT, MUST FIRST BE HYGIENICALLY WRAPPED OR OTHERWISE PUT INTO SUITABLE CONTAINERS.
+OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $2 000 AND THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT UPON CONVICTION,+ WARNED THE SPOKESMAN.
YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN POLITICS
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A GROUP OF YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES TODAY (MONDAY) CONCLUDED AFTER A TWO-DAY SEMINAR THAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE THE IR OWN INITIATIVE TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND POLITICS, RATHER THAN AWAITING OPPORTUNITIES TO COME.
SUMMING UP THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE STAGE II CONFERENCE ON +YOUTH POLICIES IN PERSPECTIVE+, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF STUDENTS (HKFS), MR FUNG WA1-KWONG, SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN POLITICS BY LOWERING THE AGE LIMIT OF VOTERS FROM 21 TO 18.
+ IN DOING SO, MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BECOME ELIGIBLE TO VOTE,+ HE SAID. + BUT THIS SHOULD ONLY BE THE FIRST STEP TO BE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT.+
MR FUNG POINTED OUT THAT PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION WAS EQUALLY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
+CIVIC EDUCATION COULD HELP THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT SHOULD BE PLAYED BY TODAY'S YOUTH EN CHARTING THE COURSE FOR THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
/+PRIMARILY,