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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1994
AND
PROSECUTIONS CONVICTIONS
LAST YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT TOOK OUT A TOTAL OF 329 RESPECT OF VARIOUS OFFENCES UNDER THE ORDINANCE, WERE OBTAINED IN 234 CASES.
IN
FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURT RANGED FROM $200 TO $50,000 AND SOME CASES, THE OFFENDERS WERE IMPRISONED FOR UP TO NINE MONTHS.
IN
UP
MR SO POINTED OUT THAT ENFORCEMENT ACTION HAD BEEN STEPPED THIS YEAR.
248 PROSECUTIONS "IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF WERE INITIATED AND SO FAR CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED IN 166 CASES.
"FINES IMPOSED RANGED FROM $100 TO $52,000 AND HE SAID. SENTENCE IMPOSED WAS ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT,
THE HEAVIEST
REDUCE
MR
TO BETTER FACILITATE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND TO FURTHER THE POSSIBLE NUISANCE THAT PORNOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS MIGHT CAUSE.
NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE SO SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE PROPOSING A AMENDMENTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR.
SEIZURE "OUR PROPOSALS WILL INCLUDE STRENGTHENING THE POWER OF
SPECIFYING THE OF THE POLICE AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT,
AND FOR
ARTICLES INDECENT NOTICES MINIMUM SIZE OF THE WARNING REQUIRING ALL INDECENT ARTICLES TO BE ENCLOSED IN OPAQUE WRAPPERS.
THE FILM CENSORHIP "IN ADDITION, WE ALSO PROPOSE TO AMEND ORDINANCE TO BRING POSTERS AND OTHER ADVERTISING MATERIALS OF CATEGORY AND ENTERTAINMENT III FILMS UNDER THE CENSORSHIP OF THE TELEVISION LICENSING AUTHORITY.
"THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT YOUNGSTERS BELOW THE AGE OF 18 ARE UNDULY EXPOSED TO THE TEMPTATION OF SUCH ADVERTISING MATERIALS TO
MR SO SAID. AND WATCH CATEGORY III FILMS,
NOT
GO
PREPARE VEGETABLES WITH CARE
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD ALWAYS WASH AND BLANCH VEGETABLES THOROUGHLY BEFORE COOKING.
THE
APPEAL
WAS
MADE
BY
ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR OF FIVE HEALTH (HYGIENE), DR LAM PING-YAN, FOLLOWING REPORTS RECEIVED OF
RELATED ΤΟ PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED RECENT FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS VEGETABLES.
THE RECENT OUTBREAKS AFFECTED 12 PERSONS FROM FIVE FAMILIES AND ALL OF THEM HAD BEEN TREATED AND DISCHARGED.
DR LAM SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD STEPPED UP CHECKING AND SAMPLING AT THE MAN KAM TO BORDER CHECKPOINT AND RETAIL OUTLETS.
HAD
SINCE OCTOBER 19, THE DEPARTMENT HAD CHECKED 335 VEHICLES, CONDUCTED 494 TESTS AND HAD TAKEN 175 SAMPLES FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION, HE ADDED.
/DR LAM