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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987

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INFORMATION ON LITTER OFFENCE COMPUTERISED

THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH A COMPUTER FIRM TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE COMPUTER-BASED LITTER OFFENCE RECORD SYSTEM (CLORS) IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS STARTING TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

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THE CLORS, IMPLEMENTED SINCE 1982, HAS PROVED TO USEFUL IN PROVIDING THE GOVERNMENT WITH RELEVANT AND UP-DATED INFORMATION ON LITTER OFFENCES FOR STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING.

THE COMPUTERISED RECORD SYSTEM ALSO GIVES THE COURTS SUFFICIENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR IMPOSING APPROPRIATE FINES ON RECIDIVISTS.

AS THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE USEFUL IN MANY ASPECTS, A SUM WAS SET ASIDE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO CONTINUE ITS IMPLEMENTATION.

FOR THE COMPUTER INFORMATION, AND PRINTING OUT

THE COMPUTER FIRM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE PROGRAMMING, INPUTING AND UPDATING DAILY AND MONTHLY REPORTS.

UNDER CLORS, REPORTS ON THE LITTER OFFENCE, BREAKDOWN OF FINES IMPOSED ON LITTERBUGS, ANALYSIS OF CONVICTION BY AGE GROUP, BY DISTRICT OR BY NATURE OF THE OFFENCES, AS WELL AS A LIST OF RECIDIVISTS WILL BE PRINTED OUT EITHER REGULARLY OR ON REQUEST.

STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT CAN MAKE USE OF THESE REPORTS IN THE DAILY OPERATION OR EXTRACT OTHER INFORMATION FROM THE COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.

REPROVISIONING OF LEUN WO HUI PLAYGROUND

THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $660,000 CONTRACT FOR REPROVISIONING OF LUEN WO HUI PLAYGROUND AT FANLING.

THE PLAYGROUND, OPPOSITE ON LOK TSUEN, HAS AN AREA OF ABOUT 2,775 SQUARE METRES AND WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A MINI-SOCCER PITCH AND A BASKETBALL COURT, INCLUDING CONCRETE BENCHES.

ANOTHER CONTRACT WORTH $136,000 HAS ALSO BEEN AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION.

LIGHTING WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE PLAYGROUND.

WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF

OCTOBER.

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