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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1985

URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR PAO PING-WING, AND AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS DIANA TONG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE STARTING CEREMONY AT 1.30 PM.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SWIMMING GALA TO BE HELD AT 1.30 PM TOMORROW (SUNDAY) IN THE TAI WAN SHAN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, DYER AVENUE, HUNG HOM.

BUILDING CONTRACTOR FINED $5 000 FOR MOSQUITO BREEDING

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A BUILDING CONTRACTOR COMPANY WAS FINED $5 000 BY A KWUN TONG MAGISTRATE FOR ALLOWING MOSQUITO BREEDING AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT NGAU TAU KOK ESTATE.

THE COURT WAS TOLD THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH SIMILAR OFFENCES ON EIGHT PREVIOUS OCCASIONS SINCE AUGUST 1983, RESULTING IN A TOTAL FINE OF $21 500,

COMMENTING ON THE CASE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL SAID THAT TO ALLOW MOSQUITO BREEDING IS NOT ONLY ANTI-SOCIAL BUT ALSO COSTLY,

+UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, OFFENDERS OF SUCH OFFENCE ARE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10 000, + HE WARNED.

THE SPOKESMAN CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT ANTI-MOSQUITO CAMPAIGN WHICH IS BEING LAUNCHED BY THE COUNCIL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC TO PREVENT MOSQUITO NUISANCE IN LATE SUMMER.

+AS MOSQUITOES BREED IN WATER ONLY, THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT THIS NUISANCE IS TO CLEAR UP STAGNANT WATER IN ANY FORM OF RECEPTABLES, HE ADVISED.

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