SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1994
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WARNING AGAINST WATER THEFT
THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT (WSD) TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDS THE PUBLIC THAT ANYONE WHO UNLAWFULLY TAKES WATER FROM FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS WILL BE PROSECUTED.
"EXCEPT WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE WATER AUTHORITY, NO PERSON SHALL TAKE WATER THROUGH A FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATION FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN FOR FIRE FIGHTING, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
$5,000.
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CONVICTED,
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OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF
SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT TWO MEN WERE CONVICTED AND FINED BY $1,000 AND $500 RESPECTIVELY FOR UNLAWFULLY TAKING WATER
FROM FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS FOR CLEANSING PURPOSE.
THE FIRST DEFENDANT WAS A CLEANSING CONTRACTOR FOR A COMMERCIAL COMPLEX IN A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE. THE OTHER WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF A ROAST-MEAT STALL IN A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE MARKET.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS INFORMED THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT OF THE INCIDENTS AND URGED THAT ACTION BE TAKEN TO PREVENT SUCH INCIDENTS FROM RECURRING.
THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT ANY PERSON CONTRAVENING THE PROVISIONS OF THE WATERWORKS ORDINANCE WILL BE PROSECUTED.
STATISTICS KEPT BY THE PROSECUTION UNIT OF WSD INDICATE THAT IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THERE WERE OVER 20 CONVICTIONS FOR THE MISUSE OF WATER FROM FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS AND THE OFFENDERS WERE FINED FROM $800 TO $4,500.
THE OFFENCES MOSTLY OCCURED IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND CAR PARKS OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES.
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WARNING ON USING FALSE DOCUMENTS
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PEOPLE WHO SUBMIT FALSE DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR APPLICATIONS REGISTRATION AS AN ELECTRICAL WORKER UNDER THE ELECTRICITY ORDINANCE ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION, AN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (EMSD) SPOKESMAN WARNED TODAY (SUNDAY).
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THE WARNING FOLLOWED THE CONVICTION AT THE EASTERN MAGISTRACY LAST WEEK OF A 34-YEAR-MAN FOR USING A COPY OF A FALSE INSTRUMENT HIS APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.
THE DEFENDANT PLEADED GUILTY AND WAS FINED $1,000.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT EMSD WOULD SCRUTINISE ALL APPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE APPLICATIONS.
"PROSECUTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST THOSE APPLICANTS WHO KNOWINGLY MAKE A STATEMENT WHICH IS FALSE IN A MATERIAL PARTICULAR, HE SAID.
UNDER THE ELECTRICITY AND ORDINANCE, ALL WORKERS ENGAGED IN WORK ON FIXED ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION ARE REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED WITH EMSD.
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