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AMA UDAZLAN FINLA

HE SAID ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERING AND POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED FOOD ARE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE BY FINES AND WITH A POSSIBLE JAIL SENTENCE.

THREE SUCH OFFENDERS HAD BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE COURT DURING THE LAST SIX WEEKS AND TWO OF THEM WERE FINED $2 200 EACH, WHILE THE THIRD WAS FINED $1 000.

MEANWHILE ENFORCEMENT ACTION ARE BEING STEPPED UP IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, PARTICULARLY IN YUEN LONG AND NORTH DISTRICT.

THE NTSD SPOKESMAN REMINDED MEAT SHOP OPERATORS NOT TO CUT UP PIG CARCASSES ON THE FLOOR OF THEIR SHOPS OR IN THE STREET OTHERWISE THEY MAY BE PROSECUTED,

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MORE FORUMS TO DISCUSS LOCAL PROBLEMS

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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL HOLD SEVEN SEMINARS THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON LOCAL PROBLEMS WITH BOARD MEMBERS.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR ARE BEING INVITED

TO ATTEND THE FIRST SEMINAR WHICH WILL BE HELD ON MAY 12,

SEPARATE SEMINARS FOR TEACHERS, SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES FROM THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, OFFICE BEARERS OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS, FISHERMEN AND CLERGYMEN ARE BEING PLANNED FOR LATER THIS YEAR.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR K,C. KWONG, SAID THE SEMINARS WOULD TAKE THE FORM OF PANEL DISCUSSIONS" TO BE CHAIRED BY ONE TO TWO DISTRICT BOARD UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.

+REPORTS SUMMARISING THE POINTS RAISED IN EACH SESSION WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD AND ITS RELATED COMMITTEES FOR CONSIDERATION, HE SAID.

+FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS WILL THEN BE TAKEN ON FEASIBLE AND APPROPRIATE PROPOSALS.

+ IN ALL CASES, PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE LETTERS FROM THE BOARD ADVISING THEM OF THE POSITION AND FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN, IF ANY.+

SIMILAR SEMINARS WERE HELD LAST YEAR AND THEY HAD PROVED TO BE VERY USEFUL,

>THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME AT HEUNG YIP ROAD AND YIP FAT STREET AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT STUDENT SOCIAL SERVICES AWARD SCHEME WAS THE RESULT OF SUGGESTIONS MADE DURING LAST YEAR'S SEMINARS, MR KWONG ADDED.

AT THE LAST DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, MEMBERS GENERALLY FELT THAT THE SEMINARS HAD PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL CHANNEL FOR THEM TO FAMILIARISE WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES AND THUS HELP THEM GAIN A MORE BALANCED VIEW ON THE DISTRICT'S PROBLEMS.

THE SEMINARS ALSO PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PUT FORTH PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL LIVING CONDITIONS.

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