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SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1985

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SIX ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT IN RESTAURANT

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SIX ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WERE ARRESTED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS IN A RAID ON A RESTAURANT AT THE CHEUNG CHING ESTATE, TSING YI ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 1)

THE SIX MEN, AGED BETWEEN 20 AND 50, WERE BEING DETAINED FOR ENQUIRIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

THE EMPLOYER WAS ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED FOR FAILING TO KEEP A PROPER RECORD OF HIS EMPLOYEES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

SHOP OPERATORS WARNED ABOUT UNCERTIFIED MEAT

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MEAT SHOP OPERATORS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE WARNED TODAY THAT DEALING IN UNCERTIFIED MEAT WOULD MAKE THEM LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.

THE WARNING CAME FROM THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AFTER A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH THREE MEAT SHOP OPERATORS IN YUEN LONG WERE CONVICTED IN THE FANLING MAGISTRACY OF POSSESSING PROHIBITED FOOD.

THE FIRST TWO OFFENDERS WERE EACH FINED $1 500 WHILE THE THIRD OFFENDER, WHO HAD ONE PREVIOUS RECORD, WAS FINED $2 000 AND SENTENCED TO SIX WEEKS' IMPRISONMENT, SUSPENDED FOR 12 MONTHS.

AN RSD SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE OFFENCE IS A FINE OF $2 000 AND A JAIL SENTENCE OF THREE MONTHS.

DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF NINE CONVICTIONS WERE RECORDED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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