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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1989
WARNING ON ILLEGAL ROAD RACING
POLICE TODAY [ WEDNESDAY) WARNED ILLEGAL ROAD RACERS THAT THEIR DANGEROUS ACT MAY LAND THEM IN COURT OR EVEN IN JAIL.
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A POLICE SPOKESMAN GAVE THE WARNING WHEN HE WAS COMMENTING A COURT CASE IN WHICH A MAN WAS SENTENCED TO TWO MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT AND HAD HIS DRIVING LICENCE SUSPENDED FOR TWO YEARS FOR RACING.
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ILLEGAL ROAD RACING NOT ONLY CAUSES NUISANCE TO RESIDENTS ALSO PUT ONE'S LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS AT RISK. SAID.
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"APART FROM ILLEGAL ROAD RACING, OFFENDERS MAY ALSO BE CHARGED WITH RELATED OFENCES SUCH AS RECKLESS DRIVING, HE ADDED.
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THE DEFENDANT IN THE COURT CASE CONCERNED. A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN, WAS ARRESTED BY POLICE ON JUNE 4 IN SALISBURY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, AFTER HE HAD BEEN SPOTTED FOR RACING AT HIGH SPEED. JUMPING RED LIGHT AND JOGGING POSITIONS. AT 3 AM.
HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF ILLEGAL ROAD RACING, RECKLESS DRIVING AND DRIVING WITHOUT THIRD PARTY INSURANCE. AND WAS CONVICTED IN SAN PO KONG MAGISTRACY YESTERDAY.
A TWO-MONTH JAIL SENTENCE TOGETHER WITH DISQUALIFICATION OF HIS DRIVING LICENCE FOR TWO YEARS WERE PASSED ON HIM FOR EACH OF THE FIRST TWO OFFENCES. THE SENTENCES ARE TO RUN CONCURRENTLY. A FINE OF $5,000 WAS IMPOSED FOR THE THIRD OFFENCE.
ANOTHER DEFENDANT, A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN WHOSE CAR WAS LOCATED AFTER THE INCIDENT. WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO PROVIDE PARTICULARS OF DRIVERS WITHIN THE DEMAND OF 21 DAYS.
HE PLEADED GUILTY IN THE SAME COURT ON SEPTEMBER 5 AND WAS SENTENCED TO A $5.000 FINE.
RESCUERS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES FOR BRAVE DEEDS
DIRECTOR OF FROM THE
THE TEN PUBLIC-SPIRITED PEOPLE WERE EACH AWARDED MARINE'S COMMENDATION TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR RESCUING PEOPLE SEA.
THE 10 COMPRISE SIX CIVILIANS AND FOUR POLICE OFFICERS
RESCUED EIGHT PEOPLE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DURING THE PAST YEAR THE WATERS OF HONG KONG.
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THE DIRECTOR