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SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1984

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HOLIDAY MAIL SERVICE

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THERE WILL BE ONE MAIL DELIVERY ON MONDAY (JUNE 4), WHICH IS - PUBLIC HOLIDAY, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY

(SATURDAY).

THIRTY-SIX POST OFFICES WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON THAT DAY.

THEY INCLUDE THE GENERAL POST OFFICE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICES, AND TSUEN WAN AND TAI PO POST OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

DETAILS OF THE OTHER POST OFFICES WHICH WILL BE OPEN ON MONDAY CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ANY POST OFFICE OR FROM THE POST OFFICE &QUIRY BUREAU AT 5-231071 OR 5-231072.

'WAR' ON LITTER EXPANDED

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THE URBAN COUNCIL'S COMPUTERISED RECORDS ON LITTER OFFENDERS ARE TO BE EXPANDED SO THAT MORE INFORMATION CAN BE GLEANED ON THE BREAKDOWN OF LITTERBUGS AND HOW SERIOUS LITTERING IS ON A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT BASIS.

THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL HELP THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE ITS STRATEGY FOR FUTURE ANTI-LITTERING CAMPAIGNS AND ATTENDANT PUBLICITY.

HOWEVER, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE COMPUTERISED RECORDS WILL REMAIN THE DETECTION OF REPEATED OFFENDERS SO THAT THEIR ANTI-SOCIAL ATTITUDES CAN BE MADE KNOWN TO THE COURTS AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT SO THAT AN APPROPRIATE FINE CAN BE IMPOSED.

THE FOLLOWING EXTRA INFORMATION WILL IN FUTURE BE PROVIDED IN COMPUTER PRINT-OUTS ON LITTERBUGS:

* A BREAKDOWN OF LITTER OFFENCE CONVICTIONS BY DISTRICT;

* A BREAKDOWN OF LITTER OFFENCE CONVICTIONS BY NATURE OF

OFFENCE,

* AN ANALYSIS OF LITTER OFFENCE CONVICTIONS BY SEX RELATING

TO THE NATURE OF THE OFFENCE AND AGE GROUPS;

* A LIST OF LITTER OFFENCE RECIDIVISTS; AND

* A BREAKDOWN OF LITTER OFFENCE CONVICTIONS BY AGE GROUP

AND DISTRICT.

+THE COMPUTERISATION OF LITTER OFFENDERS HAS ENABLED MORE THAN 2 000 'REPEATER' OFFENDERS TO BE DETECTED AND THE INFORMATION ON THIS GIVEN TO THE COURTS,+ SAID A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN.

+AS A RESULT, THESE RECIDIVISTS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN FINED LARGER AMOUNTS THAN THE CUSTOMARY SMALL FINES IMPOSED ON FIRST OFFENDERS.+

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