- 11.
The vegetarian banquet at which gifts and lucky money will be distributed to 200 elderly people will begin at 1.15 pm on Friday (December 23) at Wan Chuen Vegetarian, Ping Che Road, Tai Po Tin Tsuen, Fanling, New Territories.
You are invited to send representatives to cover both events.
END/Tuesday, December 20, 1994
95 pollution cases in November
A total of 95 convictions were made in the courts last month for breaching anti- pollution legislation enforced by the Environmental Protection Department.
Among them, 37 were convictions made under the Air Pollution Control Ordinance (APCO), 30 under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance (WPCO), 26 under the Noise Control Ordinance (NCO), one under the Dumping at Sea Act 1974 (Overseas Territories) Order 1975 (DASO) and one under the Waste Disposal (Livestock Waste) Regulations (WD(LW)R) of the Waste Disposal Ordinance (WDO).
The fines ranged from $2,000 to $100,000. Two cases were fined $100,000. Fairwood Fast Food Ltd was fined $100,000 for discharging polluting matter in the Western Buffer Water Control Zone. It was the fifth time the company was convicted under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance.
Meanwhile, the owner of a bean curd factory named Lee Fat was also fined $100,000 upon its fourth conviction for discharging polluting matter in the Deep Bay Water Control Zone.