TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1990
RETAILERS, HAWKER FINED FOR USING INACCURATE INSTRUMENTS
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A
POULTRY RETAILER,
A
RETAILERS HAVE BEEN FINED A TOTAL WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS.
MOBILE HAWKER AND TWO
OF
FOR $11,500
USING
ROAST MEAT
INACCURATE
DEPARTMENT
INTO
EFFECT ON
THEY HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
CAME UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE WHICH JANUARY 1 LAST YEAR.
THE FOUR DEFENDANTS ARE WONG TONG-MING OF TAI
CHUI YIU ROASTED MEAT; COMPANY; YIU HON-PING OF
OF HO MOBILE HAWKER SELLING FRUIT; AND HO KWAI-MUI MEAT STALL.
LEE
SANG LUNG MEAT A SHU-KWAN, CHUN KEE ROAST
AT THE NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY, WONG CHARGE ON JANUARY 19 AND WAS FINED $3,000.
TONG-MING
ADMITTED
THE
AND
EXCISE IN ΤΑΙ JUNE 6
HEARD THAT OFFICERS OF THE THE COURT
CUSTOMS OUT AN INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, ACTING ON COMPLAINT, CARRIED
STREET ON SANG LỤNG MEAT COMPANY AT GROUND FLOOR, 72 PEI HO LAST YEAR.
A PRELIMINARY CHECK ON A CHINESE STEELYARD USED IN THE OF POULTRY SHOWED THAT THE WEIGHING INSTRUMENT WAS INACCURATE.
SELLING
LABORATORY FOR THE STEELYARD WAS LATER SENT TO THE GOVERNMENT
THE HIGHEST ERROR OF THE EXAMINATION AND TEST RESULTS SHOWED THAT WEIGHING INSTRUMENT WAS 18.75 PRR CENT IN EXCESS OF THE ACTUAL WEIGHT.
THE DEPARTMENT VISITED CHU1 *TSING YI ON AUGUST 3 LAST WHICH WERE FOUND ΤΟ BE
IN THE SECOND CASE, OFFICERS OF YIU ROASTED MEAT AT CHEUNG HONG ESTATE, YEAR AND DISCOVERED TWO CHINESE STERLYARDS INACCURATE ON A PRELIMINARY CHECK.
TESTS BY
THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY LATER SHOWED THAT THE HIGHEST ERROR OF THE TWO STEELYARDS WAS 12.5 PER CENT IN EXCESS OF THE ACTUAL WEIGHT.
YIU STALL,
WAS
HONG-PING, PLEADED THE MANAGER OF THE ROAST MEAT GUILTY TO THE CHARGE AT THE TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY ON JANUARY 3 AND FINED $2,500.
CASE,
OFFICERS
OF
THE
DEPARTMENT, ACTING
THE FRUIT HAWKER,
ON
IN THE THIRD INFORMATION, INSPECTED THE WEIGHING INSTRUMENT OF LEE SHU-KWAN, ON AUGUST 18 LAST YEAR.
THE MOBILE HAWKER WAS THEN SELLING GRAPES AT MARBLE ROAD AND SHU KUK STREET, NORTH POINT.
THE JUNCTION OF
/A PRELIMINARY