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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1705

ANTI-CRIME PUBLICITY

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DETAILS OF CRIME PREVENTION PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY TAI PO DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A FRESS CONFERENCE AT 3 PM ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 28) IN THE EXHIBITION HALL OF THE TAI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE, HEUNG SZE WU STREET, TAI PO.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS CHEUNG HON-KAU TAI PO'S 'FIGHT CRIME AMBASSADOR', MISS CHEUNG TAK-LAN THE CONVENOR OF THE CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGN WORK ING GROUP, MR CHAN WING-WO THE CONVENOR OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION WORKING GROUP MR CHUNG YICK-MING, AND POLICE AND DISTRICT OFFICERS WILL BE PRESENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

WARNING AGAINST POSSESSION OF UNCERTIFIED MEAT

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MEAT SHOP OPERATORS IN THE NON-URBAN AREA WERE REMINDED TODAY THAT THE POSSESSION OF UNCERTIFIED MEAT FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC WOULD MAKE THEM LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.

THE WARNING CAME FROM THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH A FRESH PROVISION SHOP OWNER IN SHEUNG SHUI WAS FINED $1 000 FOR POSSESSING PROHIBITED FOOD.

AN RSD SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE FOOD BUSINESS (NEW TERRITORIES) REGULATIONS, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE OFFENCE WAS A FINE OF $2 000 AND THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

HE ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE CARRYING OUT SURPRISE RAIDS AT ALL MEAT SHOPS IN THE NON-URBAN AREA TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH,

MEANWHILE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE ALSO ADVISED NOT TO PATRONISE ON-STREET HAWKERS AS THEIR MEAT, MAINLY SUPPLIED BY UNLICENSED SLAUGHTERHOUSES, WERE NOT HYGIENICALLY PREPARED AND WOULD PROBABLY BE UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

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