5.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1987
THE OFFENDERS ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT AND WOULD BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $2,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR THREE MONTHS ON CONVICTION.
THE
ANNOUNCING THE PROSECUTION FIGURES TODAY (WEDNESDAY), DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS OFFICER, MR S.P. LAU, SAID THE INITIAL RESULTS REFLECTED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLAIN-CLOTHES OFFICERS IN ENFORCING THE ANTI-LITTER LAW.
"OF THE 111 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT IN THE LAST FORTNIGHT, 71 WERE INITIATED BY PLAIN-CLOTHES ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHO, DRESSED AS HIKERS AND ORDINARY PARK VISITORS, WERE ABLE TO CATCH THE LITTERBUGS OFF GUARD.
"THE REMAINING 40 CASES WERE THE RESULT OF STRICT ENFORCEMENT ACTION BY UNIFORMED PARK WARDENS WHO ALSO GAVE ON-THE-SPOT ADVICE ON THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF LITTER TO 37,350 VISITORS FROM 1,180 GROUPS OF VARYING SIZES," HE SAID.
MR LAU SAID THAT DESPITE THE EFFECT OF THE RECENT COLD SPELL ON THE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE COUNTRY PARKS, THE SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS STILL RECORDED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF LITTER OFFENCES, WITH 19 AND 74 CASES RESPECTIVELY.
ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, MOST OFFENCES OCCURRED IN THE SAI KUNG AND CLEARWATER BAY COUNTRY PARKS, EACH WITH 23 CASES, FOLLOWED BY PAT SIN LENG AND ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARKS WHERE 14 AND 12 CASES WERE RECORDED RESPECTIVELY.
MR LAU SAID THE PROSECUTION DRIVE WOULD CONTINUE INITIALLY IN THE CURRENT PICNIC SEASON. "BUT THIS OPERATION MAY BE EXTENDED UNTIL WE ARE SATISFIED WITH THE SITUATION," HE WARNED.
MR LAU CALLED ON VISITORS TO ANY OF THE 21 COUNTRY PARKS TO DISPOSE LITTER IN THE BINS AND STOCKADES PROVIDED.
WITH DUE
" A LITTLE MORE SELF-DISCIPLINE
RESPECT FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT WILL SAVE THEM FROM PROSECUTIONS, HEAVY FINES AND, POSSIBLY, JAIL SENTENCES," HE ADDED.
CALL FOR HARMONIOUS LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP
LEAD
TO
HIGHER AN ASSISTANT
A GOOD LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP WILL PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF WORKERS' LIVES, COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"IN THE WIDER CONTEXT, A HARMONIOUS WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
EMPLOYEES IS ESSENTIAL TO THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND SOCIAL STABLITY OF HONG KONG," HE ADDED.
EMPLOYERS AND
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