SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1991
AS FOR THOSE WHO DELIBERATELY ALLOW OBJECTS TO FALL FROM HEIGHT, THEY CAN BE ASSURED OF PROSECUTION BY THE POLICE WHEN CAUGHT, HE STRESSED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID DREADFUL CONSEQUENCE COULD BE RESULTED EVEN IF THE FALLING OBJECT WAS JUST A TINY PIECE OF ARTICLE BECAUSE OF THE LAWS OF GRAVITY.
"OF THE REPORTED
INCIDENTS,
THE OBJECTS FOUND RANGED FROM
LITTER, GLASS BOTTLES, PIECES OF CONCRETE, STONES, TILES, TOYS,
BATTERY CELLS TO BEER CANS.
"IN SOME OF THE MORE BLATANT CASES, IRON RODS, BAMBOO WINDOW FRAMES AND EVEN GAS CYLINDERS WERE DROPPED, HE SAID.
"
POLES,
AMONG THE 222 DETECTED CASES REGISTERED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST YEAR AND THE 18 CASES IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE COURT HAD SEEN FIT ΤΟ IMPOSE STIFF PENALTIES TO THE MORE SERIOUS INCIDENTS.
IN ONE CASE, A SUB-CONTRACTOR OF A DEMOLITION PROJECT IN WESTERN DISTRICT WAS FINED $10,000 BY THE COURT IN JUNE LAST YEAR FOR HAVING ALLOWED A STONE TO FALL FROM HEIGHT.
THE SAME HEAVY FINE WAS ALSO IMPOSED ON A PERSON CONVICTED OF ALLOWING AN IRON ROD TO FALL FROM HEIGHT IN YUEN LONG, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES TO A PEDESTRIAN.
SPONSORED LITTER BINS FOR TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS
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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECENTLY RECEIVED 100 LITTER BINS FROM A DEPARTMENT STORE IN TSUEN WAN AS A TOKEN OF THE COMPANY'S SUPPORT FOR THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN.
THE LITTER BINS, DONATED BY JUSCO STORES (HONG KONG) COMPANY LIMITED, ARE PLACED IN CONSPICUOUS SPOTS ALONG STREETS AND IN HOUSING ESTATES IN TSUEN WAN.
AT A DONATION CEREMONY AT TSUEN WAN PLAZA TODAY (SATURDAY), A MEMBER OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR CHAN LAU-FONG, RECEIVED A
CRYSTAL PLAQUE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE AEON GROUP, MR TAKUYA OKADA, AS A SYMBOL OF THE COMPANY'S CONTRIBUTION.
THE DEPARTMENT STORE ALSO SPONSORED 110 PAIRS OF LAMPPOST BUNTING BEARING THE CAMPAIGN SLOGAN "BE A SPORT
PITCH IN" WHICH ARE NOW DISPLAYED IN TSUEN WAN AND QUARRY BAY TO REMIND RESIDENTS OF THE KEEP CLEAN MESSAGE,
/A SPOKESMAN