THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1990
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HOLIDAY MAIL SERVICES
ALL POST OFFICES, EXCEPT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE, WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD FROM AUGUST 25 TO 27, THE ACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL, MISS ELLE SHUM. ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 AM TO NOON ON AUGUST 25.
LETTERS WILL ONLY BE DELIVERED ON AUGUST 25.
PEOPLE OBSTRUCTING BUILDING ESCAPE ROUTE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION
PEOPLE ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION IF THEY PLACE ANYTHING то OBSTRUCT THE MEANS OF ESCAPE OF A BUILDING, A FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE REMINDER CAME AFTER A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH A FACTORY OWNER WAS FINED $10,000 BY A TSUEN WAN MAGISTRATE FOR OBSTRUCTING THE MEANS OF ESCAPE IN A KWAI CHUNG INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
FIRE SERVICES STAFF INSPECTED THE BUILDING IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR AND FOUND A NUMBER OF ARTICLES WHICH BELONGED то A FACTORY ON THE 22ND FLOOR LIFT LOBBY OBSTRUCTING THE MEANS OF ESCAPE.
IN SUBSEQUENT FIRE HAZARD INVESTIGATION, THE FACTORY OWNER REFUSED TO CO-OPERATE AND OBSTRUCTED THE FIRE SERVICES STAFF IN THEIR DISCHARGE OF DUTIES.
THE FACTORY OWNER WAS THUS BROUGHT TO TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY MONDAY (AUGUST 13) ON TWO CHARGES. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGE CREATING A FIRE HAZARD AND WAS FINED $10,000.
HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ANOTHER CHARGE OBSTRUCTING MEMBERS OF THE FIRE SERVICES ACTING IN THE EXECUTION
THEIR DUTY.
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AFTER THE COURT HEARING, THE DEFENDANT WAS BOUNDED OVER FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS WITH A SURETY OF $2,000.
MEMBER GUILTY AND то
THE SPOKESMAN SAID UNDER SECTION 27(1) OF THE FIRE SERVICES ORDINANCE (CAP. 95), ANY PERSON WHO RESISTS OR OBSTRUCTS ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT ACTING IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY SHALL BE OF AN OFFENCE AND SHALL BE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $2,000 IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
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