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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1989

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ENGINES "NOW NOT ONLY FIRE DISTANCE TO REACH THESE AREAS BUT NEIGHBOURING AREAS ALSO BENEFIT FROM BY THE SUPPORT GIVEN BY THIS FIRE STATION,

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MR TAI SAID.

ANY

· PROBLEMS

FIRE CONCERNING

WHO WOULD BE

IF RESIDENTS NEARDY PROTECTION, THEY COULD CONTACT OFFICERS AT THE STATION ONLY TOO HAPPY TO OFFER THEIR ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, HE ADDED.

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STATION

AT THE HAS STATION IN FEBRUARY

THE PAT

POLICE LOCATED ADJACENT

THE FIRE KAM FAN JUNCTION OF KAM TIN ROAD AND RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 600 CALLS SINCE ITS COMMISSIONING LAST YEAR.

RESTAURANTEUR FINED $20,000 FOR SERVING IMITATION SHARK'S FIN

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THE FIRST PERSON A RESTAURANT OWNER TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BECAME TO BE PROSECUTED BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE FOR SERVING IMITATION SHARK'S FIN.

RESTAURANT BEFORE

A MR WONG KWONG-KEUNG, A 44-YEAR-OLD PROPRIETOR OF AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD, WAS FINED $20,000 AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY MAGISTRATE R.G. WALTERS IN NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY.

THE

THE COURT WAS TOLD THAT ACTING ON A COMPLAINT, OFFICERS OF

VISITED BUREAU

THE DEPARTMENT'S TRADING STANDARDS INVESTIGATION

CUSTOMERS. THE OFFICERS DEFENDANT'S RESTAURANT ON MARCH 2 POSING AS

"BRAISED ORDERED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTAURANT'S MENU, A BOWL OF SHARK'S FIN" PRICED AT $220.

OFFICERS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES WHEN THE SOUP WAS SERVED, THE AND SEALED THE SOUP IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DEFENDANT.

THE GOVERNMENT

LABORATORY, WHEN IT WAS LATER ANALYSED BY WAS FOUND THAT ONLY 20 PER CENT OF THE SOLID MATERIAL IN THE SOUP REAL SHARK'S FIN WHILE THE REST WAS IMITATION SHARK'S FIN.

IT

WAS

SOME REAL AS WELL AS IMITATION SHARK'S FROM THE KITCHEN OF THE RESTAURANT.

FIN WERE ALSO SEIZED

THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT THE MALPRACTICE BEGAN ABOUT HALF

HAVE COST YEAR AGO AS A MOVE TO CUT COSTS, CITING THAT IT WOULD $290 TO PREPARE A BOWL OF GENUINE SHARK'S FIN, AS COMPARED TO $170 SERVE A SOUP MIXTURE OF REAL AND IMITATION SHARK'S FIN.

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