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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1982

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THROUGH 40 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION, COMPRISING LECTURES AND PRACTICAL WORK, COURSE MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO BRUSH UP THE IR KNOWLEDGE OF LPG PROPERTIES AND THE SAFE HANDLING, INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND SERVICING OF GAS APPLIANCES.

THEY ARE ALSO TAUGHT THE METHODS OF DETECTING AND CORRECTING UNSAFE INSTALLATIONS AND ARE EXPECTED TO ADVISE CUSTOMERS IN THE USE OF GAS APPLIANCES AFTER THEY HAVE INSTALLED THEM.

THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE COURSE AND PASS VERBAL MULTIPLE CHOICE AND PRACTICAL TESTS WILL BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES.

NTSD ANTI-LITTER FOREMEN COMMENDED

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AN ANTI-LITTER FOREMAN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHO SUSTAINED FACE AND EYE INJURIES BY CORROSIVE SUBSTANCE THROWN AT HIM BY A LITTERBUG WHOM HE PROSECUTED WILL BE COMMENDED FOR HIS DEVOTION TO DUTY.

THE FOREMAN, MR LEUNG FAT-LUNG, ATTACHED TO THE PEST CONTROL UNIT OF SHA TIN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE, WILL BE AMONG 30 NTSD OFFICERS TO RECEIVE COMMENDATION AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE KWAI CHUNG SPORTSGROUND ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 12).

THE RETIRING DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, MR CHARLES YEUNG, AND THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN CO-ORDINATOR, MR MARTIN LEWIS, WILL JOINTLY OFFICIATE AT THE FUNCTION.

MORE THAN 700 OFFICERS OF THE NTSD, WHO TOOK UP ENFORCEMENT ACTION TO HELP MAKE THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS, HAD PROSECUTED SOME 14 000 LITTERBUGS DURING THE 12-MONTH DRIVE WHICH STARTED LAST OCTOBER.

RECALLING THE INCIDENT, MR LEUNG SAID HE ISSUED A SUMMONS TO A 57-YEAR-OLD MAN SPITTING OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT AT TAI WAI, SHA TIN, ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 7,

THE MAN WENT TO MR LEUNG'S OFFICE IN THE SAME AFTERNOON AND ASKED HIM TO 'FIX UP THE MATTER'. MR LEUNG REFUSED AND THE MAN TOOK OUT A PACKET CONTAINING SODIUM HYDROXIDE AND SODIUM CARBONATE AND THREW IT AT LEUNG,

THE ATTACKER, WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SUBDUED BY MR LEUNG'S COLLEAGUES, WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT BY A KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT JUDGE.

ANOTHER ANTI-LITTER FOREMAN ATTACHED TO YUEN LONG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE, MR KWAN CHIU-TONG, ALSO EARNED A COMMENDATION FOR HIS EFFORT IN ISSUING MORE THAN 460 SUMMONS TO LITTERBUGS SINCE THE CURRENT CLEAN-UP DRIVE LAUNCHED LAST OCTOBER.

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AMONG THE LITTERBUGS WHO WAS BROUGHT TO COURT BY MR KWAN WAS A YUEY LONG PIG FARMER WHO WAS ORDERED TO PAY A FINE OF $2 000

THE HIGHEST IMPOSED BY AN ANTI-LITTER COURT FOR DISCHARGING FARM WASTE INTO THE KAM TIN RIVER IN MAY. ANOTHER WOMAN OFFENDER WAS ALSO FINED $1 500 FOR AN OFFENCE OF A SIMILAR NATURE LAST MONTH.

'A FOREMAN

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