THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1-
RESTAURATEUR FINED FOR SELLING UNFIT FOOD
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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TOY WARNED THAT ACTIUN WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST FOOD ESTABLISHMENT ERATORS IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS FOR SELLING COOKED FOOD UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
THE OPERATOR OF A SA: KUNG RESTAURANT WAS PROSECUTED AND CONVICTED FOR SELLING IN JANUARY A COOKED CHICKEN CONTAINING HEXCESTROL, REGARDED AS HARMFUL FOR HUMANS.
HE WAS FINED $500 BY MAGISTRATE W.M. CHU AT THE SAN PO KONG MAGISTRACY RECENTLY FOR BREACHING THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR SELLING FOOD UNSUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION WAS $2 000 AND THREE-MONTH IMPRISONMENT.
HE STRESSED THAT TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO INSPECT FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS AND TO TEST FOOD SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THESE ESTABLISHMENTS.
TAI PO PARKING METER DEPOT OPENS
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THE TAI PO PARKING METER MAINTENANCE DEPOT WAS OPENED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, DR STEPHEN TANG, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PETER LEEDS.
THE DEPOT WILL MAINLY HANDLE URGENT REPAIR AND ROUTINE SERVICING OF PARKING METERS INSTALLED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES. AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 181 METERS IN SHA TIN AND 361 IN TAI PO.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT WAS TO PROVIDE MORE ON-STREET PARKING SPACES IF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ALLOWED AND WHERE DEMAND WAS HIGH, THE USE OF THE SPACES WOULD BE REGULATED BY METERS.
HE ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS PLANNING TO INSTALL ANOTHER 165 PARKING METERS IN LUEN WO MARKET IN FANLING BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
A TOTAL OF 2 843 PARKING METERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN VARIOUS NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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