SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1936
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UNPLEASANT SURPRISE FOR LITTERBUGS AGAIN
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THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN SHOWED ITS TEETH AGAIN WHEN 96 LITTERBUGS WERE NETTED IN TODAY'S PROSECUTION BLITZ HELD THROUGHOUT ALL URBAN COUNCIL BEACHES.
THIS WAS THE THIRD AND LAST SWEEP OF THIS KIND ORGANISED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT THIS SUMMER.
ALMOST 250 LITTERBUGS WERE CAUGHT IN THE FIRST TWO BLITZES WHICH WERE HELD ON JUNE 21 AND AUGUST 2 RESPECTIVELY.
IN TODAY'S BLITZ, 17 LITTERBUGS WERE SUMMONED ON SHEK O BEACH, WHILE 32 ON REPULSE BAY BEACH, FOUR ON DEEP WATER BAY BEACH, 31 ON STANLEY MAIN BEACH, EIGHT ON BIG WAVE BAY BEACH AND FOUR ON CHUNG HOM KOK BEACH.
URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT (USD) STAFF ROVED OVER THE BEACHES, AND ISSUED SUMMONSES TO LITTERBUGS SPOTTED LITTERING WITHOUT WARNING.
AS A USD SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED, PROSECUTING PERSONNEL ARE NOT REQUIRED TO GIVE NOTICE TO LITTERBUGS AS THE ACT OF LITTERING IS AN OFFENCE OF STRICT LIABILITY.
+LITTERING IS PURELY AND SIMPLY AGAINST THE LAW, HE SAID, +AND THERE HAS BEEN SUFFICIENT WARNING TO THAT EFFECT IN OUR PUBLICITY FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS, I THINK IT'S FAIR ENOUGH TO LET THOSE CAUGHT DOING SO TO FEEL THE STING OF THE LAW NOW.+
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT EVEN THE BLITZ OPERATION WAS OVER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE STILL REMINDED TO KEEP THE BEACHES CLEAN CR EVERYBODY WOULD SUFFER FROM THE IR THOUGHTLESSNESS.
U.S. ORCHESTRA BRINGS GREETINGS FOR GOVERNOR
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THE MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN THE UNITED STATES HAS EXTENDED GREETINGS TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND THE CITIZENS OF HONG KONG THROUGH 85 MUSICAL AMBASSADORS'.
THE AMBASSADORS' ARE MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON DC YOUTH ORCHESTRA NOW VISITING HONG KONG FOR PERFORMANCES AFTER A CONCERT TOUR OF CHINA.
AT A LUNCH RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE YESTERDAY (FRIDAY), THE ORCHESTRA'S MUSIC DIRECTOR, MR LYN MCLAIN, PRESENTED THE MESSAGE OF GREETINGS TO MR THOMAS WANG, ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR (PROFESSIONAL) OF THE MUSIC OFFICE.
/MR MCLAIN