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APCO:
TSIM SHA TSUI
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1990
CONTRAVENING
TERMS OR
CONDITIONS OF A
SPECIFIED
PROCESS LICENCE
APCO: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE WPCO: WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE OLPO: OZONE LAYER PROTECTION ORDINANCE
CONSUMERS REPORTING WEIGHING MALPRACTICES
* * *
4.000
IST
CONSUMERS HAVE BECOME MORE
AWARE OF THEIR RIGHT TO REPORT MEASURES, ACCORDING то FIGURES MALPRACTICES CONCERNING WEIGHTS AND RELEASED BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT.
WAS
IN
THE PRINCIPAL TRADE CONTROLS OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TRADING STANDARDS INVESTIGATION BUREAU, MR ANDREW WONG, SAID THIS
USING INACCURATE REFLECTED IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRADERS
GONE UP FROM SIX WEIGHING AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, WHICH HAD JANUARY TO 29 IN MAY THIS YEAR.
MONTHS LAST YEAR,
Fi
"WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 84 COMPLAINTS IN THE FIRST FIVE OF THIS YEAR, COMPARED TO ONLY 37 DURING THE SAME PERIOD HE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
HAD SO
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT
FAR RECEIVED 178 COMPLAINTS ON JANUARY SINCE THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE CAME INTO EFFECT 1, 1989.
"OF THESE COMPLAINTS, SUBSTANTIATED AND THE OTHERS ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
58
WERE
81 SUBSTANTIATED,
WERE
NOT
M
"THE DEPARTMENT HAS PROSECUTED 21 TRADERS, WHO HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF $50,050, HR SAID.
FINED
THE TWO MOST RECENT CASES INVOLVED A HAWKER AND A SCRAP DEALER,
FOR RESPECTIVELY
USING WHO WERE FINED $1,000 AND $2,000
INACCURATE
WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS.
THE DEFENDANTS, MS KAN MUI, A MOBILE FRUIT HAWKER, AND MR
FLOOR, KA-KEUNG, OF HUNG KEE METAL AND WASTE PAPER ON THE GROUND SHUN NING ROAD, SHAM SHUI PO, BOTH PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES.
SUNG
513
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