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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED AGAINST FOOTWAY OBSTRUCTION
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AN EIGHT-MONTH CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN KWUN TONG TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC FOOTWAYS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE CAMPAIGN, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE TERRITORY, HAS BEEN INITIATED BY A TASK FORCE FORMED UNDER THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE POLICE, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY} THAT THE TASK FORCE WAS FORMED IN RESPONSE ΤΟ CONCERN EXPRESSED BY MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD.
PUBLIC FOOTWAYS WERE BEING OBSTRUCTED BY ILLEGAL HAWKING ACTIVITIES AND BY THE DISPLAY OF GOODS AND ADVERTISING SIGNS BY SHOPOWNERS.
"AS A RESULT OF THESE OBSTRUCTIONS, THE WIDTH OF FOOTWAY AVAILABLE FOR PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED, HE SAID.
"AT SOME LOCATIONS, PEDESTRIANS ARE EVEN FORCED TO WALK ALONG THE CARRIAGEWAY, THUS EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO THE HAZARD OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, HE SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC FOOTWAYS IS AN OFFENCE FOR WHICH THE PENALTY CAN BE A $5,000 FINE OR THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
A THREE-PHASE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN DRAWN UP ΤΟ DEAL WITH THE
PROBLEM.
THE AIM IS TO AROUSE THE CIVIC-MINDEDNESS OF SHOPOWNERS WHOSE GOODS AND ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS OBSTRUCT THE PAVEMENT, EDUCATE THEM ON THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE PAVEMENT CLEAR, AND REMIND THEM OF THE POSSIBLE PENALTY FOR COMMITTING THE OFFENCE.
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THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND IS BEING JOINTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, THE POLICE AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
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PHASE I OF THE PROGRAMME, WHICH INVOLVES PUBLICITY LEAFLETS IN THE TOWN CENTRE, TING HONG WHERE THE PROBLEM IS MOST SERIOUS, BEGAN LATE LAST MONTH AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH.
PHASE II OF THE PROGRAMME WILL BE MOUNTED BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY DURING WHICH PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE DISTRICT NEWSPAPER TO ILLUSTRATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM.
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