SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1986
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MEETING TO CONSIDER FIRE VICTIMS' REQUESTS
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A MEETING HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR MONDAY (APRIL 21) BETWEEN SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR CHENG PO-HONG, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SYLVESTER TSE, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO CONSIDER A NUMBER OF REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY THE CHU KOO CHAI FIRE VICTIM REPRESENTATIVES LAST WEDNESDAY.
THE MEETING WILL START AT 9.30 AM AT THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE. THE FIRE VICTIM REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SIT AT THE MEETING.
REQUESTS TO BE CONSIDERED INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE DECORATION PERIOD: ADDITIONAL OFFER OF THA UNITS; EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS AND CASES FOR COMPASSIONATE ARRANGEMENTS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
AFTER THE CLOSED MEETING, A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT 11.30 AM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AT 39 TONKIN STREET, THIRD FLOOR, KOWLOON, TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF THE MEETING. YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
BREEDING OF MOSQUITOES LEADS TO $17,850 IN FINES
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TWENTY-ONE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN MOSQUITO BREEDING OFFENCES WERE FINED A TOTAL OF $17 850 LAST MONTH.
+THE HIGHEST FINE WAS $1 250 AND THE LOWEST $400,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY.
+MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO AVOID WATER ACCUMULATION BY COVERING WATER STORAGE TANKS AND REMOVING RECEPTACLES FROM OPEN SPACE AS MOSQUITOES BREED ONLY IN WATER.
+MOSQUITOES CAN EVEN BREED IN EMPTY CANS AND CONTAINERS LEFT IN THE OPEN.+
THE SPOKESMAN