FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1992
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ANYONE FOUND GUILTY OF TRAFFICKING IN DANGEROUS DRUGS FACES A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND A FINE OF $5 MILLION.
ANYONE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF EVEN SMALL QUANTITIES OF DANGEROUS DRUGS IS LIABLE TO THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT AND A FINE OF $10,000.
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FREE ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMPUTER INFORMATION
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE FREE ACCESS ΤΟ THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE'S (ECC) NEW ENVIRONMENTAL DATA BASE COMPUTER THROUGH FOUR MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS STARTING FROM MONDAY (JANUARY 20).
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY MR HUNG WING-TAT, OF THE ECC AND CO-ORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT.
MEMBER
MR HUNG APPEALED TO THE PUBLIC TO MAKE MAXIMUM USE OF THE SERVICE BY CONTACTING INDIVIDUAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND BOOK APPOINTMENTS AS THE ECC'S DATA BASE COMPUTER SYSTEM WOULD BE LINKED UP WITH THE GROUPS THROUGH A MODEM.
THERE ARE SIX DATA BASES COMPRISING MORE THAN 20,000 RECORDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW,
REFERENCE BOOKS, JOURNALS, TEACHING MATERIALS, RELATED ORGANISATIONS, AND CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES.
FRIENDS
THE FOUR GROUPS, NAMELY, THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION, OF THE EARTH, GREEN POWER AND THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE HONG KONG, WILL RENDER SERVICES ON ROTATION IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS ON WEEKDAYS AND ONE MORNING SESSION ON SATURDAY.
MR HUNG SAID THE PUBLIC COULD APPROACH THE GROUPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR SERVICE ROSTERS.
THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION CAN BE CONTACTED ON TEL 728 6781 AND SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH ITS HONG KONG ENVIRONMENT CENTRE, SHOP 301, LAI MEI HOUSE, LAI KOK ESTATE, CHEUNG SHA WAN, KOWLOON.
THE FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CAN BE CONTACTED ON TEL 528 5588. ITS ADDRESS IS ON SECOND FLOOR, 53-55 LOCKHART ROAD, WAN CHAI.
GREEN POWER CAN BE CONTACTED ON TEL 770 9368. ITS OFFICE IS LOCATED AT 705, NATHAN CENTRE, 508 NATHAN ROAD.
TEL
THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE HONG KONG CAN BE CONTACTED ON 656 1272. THE SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE CONSERVATION STUDIES CENTRE, ISLAND HOUSE, YUEN CHAU TSAI, TAI PO, NEW TERRITORIES.
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