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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985

''IF IT WORKS, AS WE HOPE IT WILL

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WILL

JUST PAY THE IR FINES AND NOT HAVE TO GO TO COURT.''

OFFENCES CLASSIFIED AS CRIMES AND WHICH REQUIRE DEFENDANTS TO BE FINGERPRINTED, AS WELL AS CASES INVOLVING HIGHER PENALTIES FOR SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENCES, WILL FALL OUTSIDE THE NEW LEGISLATION.

THE TYPES OF CASES INCLUDED IN THE TRIAL WILL COVER SOME TRAFFIC OFFENCES, VIOLATIONS OF LICENSING LAWS, CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND OBSTRUCTION BY HAWKERS.

''IT IS HOPED THAT, EVENTUALLY, THE BULK OF MINOR CASES WILL BE DEALT WITH IN THIS WAY,' SAID MR SAMSON.

DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD, THE CENTRAL DIVISION (INCLUDING THE PEAK) WILL SEND ITS NEW, STREAMLINED, PAPERWORK TO THE WESTERN MAGISTRACY, WHILE CHEUNG SHA WAN CASES WILL BE HANDLED BY THE NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY.

GOING ON LAST YEAR'S FIGURES, CENTRAL DIVISION HAD AROUND 300 TRAFFIC AND NON-TRAFFIC CASES PER MONTH, WHICH COULD HAVE QUAL IF IED FOR THE SIMPLER FORM OF TREATMENT, AND CHEUNG SHA WAN HAD AROUND 750 PER MONTH.

IF THE SIX-MONTH TRIAL PERIOD PROVES A SUCCESS, THE NEW PROCEDURES WILL BE INTRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

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MOONCAKES, LANTERNS FOR FESTIVAL

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MOONCAKES, LANTERNS AND CARNIVALS MAKE UP THE INGREDIENTS FOR THIS WEEKEND'S CELEBRATION OF THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.

TRADITIONAL LANTERN CARNIVALS FEATURING A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMES, WILL BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS FOR RESIDENTS DURING THE ́THREE DAYS OF CELEBRATIONS.

WHILE MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY) EVENING, SOME EVENTS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY TO CARRY ON THE FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE.

AT THE KWUN TONG CARNIVAL, ARTISTS FROM THE FRINGE CLUB WILL ENTERTAIN THE PUBLIC WITH MIME, CLOWN AND ACROBATIC PERFORMANCES, WHILE CANTONESE OPERA STARS, LEE PO-YING, LAW KAR-YING AND NG CHIN-FUNG WILL PERFORM IN WAN CHAI AT THE SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND.

/TRADITIONAL HAKKA ............