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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1989

HAWKER AND RETAILER FINED FOR USING INACCURATE WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS

INACCURATE

$1.000 AND (TUESDAY) AFTER WEIGHING

A VEGETABLE HAWKER AND A FRUIT RETAILER WERE FINED $2,000 RESPECTIVELY AT THE WESTERN MAGISTRACY TODAY THEY PLEADED GUILTY INSTRUMENTS.

То THE

THEY WERE PROSECUTED

CHARGES

OF

USING

BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE WHICH JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR.

DEPARTMENT CAME INTO EFFECT ON

HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO THE FROM CUSTOMERS AGAINST

THE COURT HEARD THAT THE TWO CASES ATTENTION OF THE DEPARTMENT AFTER COMPLAINTS THE DEFENDANTS WERE RECEIVED.

ON JUNE

21 THIS

YEAR.

OFFICERS

OF THE

STANDARDS

TRADING AN INSPECTION IN

INVESTIGATION BUREAU OF THE DEPARTMENT CARRIED OUT THE VEGETABLE HAWKER'S STALL AT CHUN YEUNG STREET MARKET, NORTH POINT.

A

SET

OF

RESULT.

CHINESE STEELYARD AS A REFERRED TO THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY FOR EXAMINATION.

WAS

SEIZED

AND

THAT THE READING OF EXAMINATION REVEALED SUBSEQUENT WEIGHING INSTRUMENT WAS 25 PER CENT IN EXCESS OF THE ACTUAL WEIGHT THE GOODS.

IN THE SECOND CASE, OFFICERS OF THE BUREAU INSPECTED THE RETAILER'S SHOP ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF 6-9 CANAL ROAD EAST. HONG ON JULY 14 THIS YEAR.

THE OFFICERS SEIZED FROM THE SHOP THREE SPRING WERE SENT TO THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY FOR EXAMINATION.

THE

OF

FRUIT KONG

BALANCES WHICH

THESE WEIGHING THAT 96.7 PER CENT IN

TEST RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE HIGHEST ERRORS IN INSTRUMENTS RANGED FROM 18.9 PER CENT TO 96.7 PER CENT. IT MEANT THE READING IN THE BALANCES WERE 18.9 PER CENT TO EXCESS OF THE ACTUAL WEIGHT.

OF OFFICER

THE CONSUMER PROTECTION THE CHIEF TRADE CONTROL

ANDREW WONG. SAID DIVISION OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, MR

72 COMPLAINTS ABOUT WEIGHTS THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED A TOTAL OF

THE AND MEASURES DURING THE INITIAL 10-MONTH IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD OF

ORDINANCE.

"OF

THESE

COMPLAINTS,

39

ARE

NOT

SUBSTANTIATED, SUBSTANTIATED AND THREE OTHERS ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

"AS

FOR

THE

COMPLAINTS

TO

ARE

30

ARE

SUBSTANTIATED.

TRADERS

WRITTEN HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE

FOUR

WHICH

TRADERS. 19 WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED PROSECUTED AND SEVEN OTHER CASES WERE EXPECTED TO BE COURT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

"THE WEIGHTS