SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1990
NEW LAW HAS DEALT FATAL BLOW TO VICE DENS
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HONG KONG'S VICE ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE SUFFERED ANOTHER CRUSHING BLOW WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF NEW LEGISLATION ALLOWING POLICE TO REMOVE SIGNS ADVERTISING PROSTITUTION WITHOUT
APPLYING FOR A
WARRANT.
FIRST
BUILDINGS, DOORWAYS AND CORRIDORS DISPLAYING SIGNS ADVERTISING PROSTITUTION HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO SWOOPS BY POLICE AND THE OFFENDING SIGNS SUMMARILY REMOVED AND CONFISCATED.
AS THE NEW CRIMES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 CAME INTO FORCE ON OCTOBER 1 THE SIGNS IMMEDIATELY CAME TUMBLING DOWN ALL OVER HONG KONG.
MAIN THRUST OF THE OPERATION WAS IN MONGKOK, WHERE 47 LOCATIONS WERE VISITED, 164 VICE SIGNS REMOVED AND 33 ADVERTISEMENTS ERASED FROM WALLS.
IN THE FAST FADING WORLD OF SUZIE WONG IN WAN CHAI A TWO HOURS LONG OPERATION SAW THE REMOVAL OF 33 SIGNS FROM ONE BUILDING WITH A
OF SECOND SERIES OF RAIDS ERADICATING THE REMAINDER
KNOWN SIGNS IN
THE DISTRICT.
WILL BE
THE CLEAN UP RESULTED IN A MAJOR FACELIFT FOR ADVERTISING SIGNS AND FURTHER ACTION
TAKEN ON NEW VICE SIGNS ON A
DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
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BEFORE THE LAW WAS AMENDED POLICE WERE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR
CHIEF WARRANT TO REMOVE ILLEGAL SIGNS. NOW AN OFFICER OF THE RANK OF
ADVERTISE INSPECTOR OR ABOVE WHO BELIEVES THAT A SIGN IS DISPLAYED TO VICE MAY AUTHORISE ITS REMOVAL.
MONG KOK DISTRICT OPERATIONS OFFICER MR KWAN KAI-LUEN SAID: "THERE ARE ABOUT 70 ONE WOMAN BROTHELS SCATTERED AROUND SHANGHAI DEN MAY STREET, PORTLAND STREET AND RECLAMATION STREET AND EACH SUCH HAVE HAD THREE OR FOUR SIGNS ADVERTISING PROSTITUTION.
SUCH
"SINCE OCTOBER 1 WE HAVE CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF OPERATIONS
OBSCENE SIGNS EVERY DAY AND AND IN FACT WE ARE NOW REMOVING OPERATIONS WILL BE CONTINUING TO FULLY EXERCISE OUR LEGAL POWERS.
CONVENIENCE "IT IS TO OUR
THAT WE ARE NOW
ΤΟ ABLE IMMEDIATE ACTION WHEREVER WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT FROM THE PUBLIC."
SAID MR PHIL FRASER, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OPERATIONS OFFICER: HAD IDENTIFIED ALL THE PROSTITUTION SIGNS IN WAN CHAI IN ADVANCE WERE READY TO GO INTO ACTION AS SOON AS THE LAW CAME INTO FORCE.
H
TAKE
"WE AND
WAN CHAI'S FIRST BLITZ WAS CENTRED ON ONE BUILDING IN
HAD FREQUENTLY COMPLAINED TO ROAD WHERE RESIDENTS BOARD OF OFFENSIVE ADVERTISING.
THEIR
LOCKHART DISTRICT
"THERE ARE 10 ONE GIRL BROTHELS IN THERE, WHICH IS A LOT FOR BUILDING WITH 40 FLATS. WE HAD HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS,
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