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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1974
WARNING AGAINST ILLEGAL EXCAVATIONS
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO EXCAVATE ON LEASED CROWN LAND WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION.
UNDER PART 3 SECTION 8 (1) OF THE CROWN LAND ORDINANCE ANY PERSON FOUND GUILTY BY THE COURT OF SUCH AN OFFENCE IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $5,000 AND TO IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
THE SPOKESMAN CITED A RECENT CASE HEARD AT THE KWUN TONG MAGISTRACY IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT WAS FINED $500. THE DEFENDANT, CHEUNG HAK-KEUNG, WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE OFFENCE AFTER HE HAD REPEATEDLY IGNORED VERBAL WARNINGS BY A HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO STOP EXCAVATING A SLOPE AT THE RENNIE'S MILL COTTAGE AREA AS THIS WOULD ENDANGER A CONCRETE PATH IMMEDIATELY ABOVE.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO WARNED AGAINST EXCAVATING AT LEASED LAND FOR ERECTING ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AS THIS TOO CONSTITUTES AN OFFENCE.
UNDER THE CROWN LAND ORDINANCE ANYONE WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH A NOTICE SERVED BY THE RIGHTFUL AUTHORITY TO CEASE OCCUPATION OF AN UNLEASED LAND BEFORE A GIVEN DATE CONSTITUTES AN OFFENCE AND IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF A $10,000 FINE AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
MONG KOK TRAFFIC CHANGE ******
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT WITH EFFECT FROM 10 A.M. ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 12) TRAFFIC WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT FROM SHANGHAI STREET INTO MONG KOK ROAD HEADING WEST.
THE NEW ARRANGEMENT IS TO IMPROVE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS AT THIS JUNCTION.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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