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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1990

THE CASE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S COMPLAINT HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC.

ATTENTION AFTER A

AT THE

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THE DEFENDANT, LAM YUK-MUI, WHO OPERATED A FRUIT STALL TAK WAH STREET TEMPORARY MARKET IN TSUEN WAN, WAS PROSECUTED CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 LAST YEAR.

THE COURT HEARD THAT OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT CARRIED OUT AN INSPECTION AT THE DEFENDANT'S STALI, ON OCTOBER 3 LAST YEAR.

A PRELIMINARY CHECK OF THREE SPRING BALANCES USED EN THE SELLING OF FRUIT REVEALED THAT THE WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS WERE INACCURATE.

THE

THE SPRING BALANCES WERE LATER SENT ΤΟ

GOVERNMENT LABORATORY FOR EXAMINATION AND TEST RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE HIGHEST ERRORS OF THE WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS WERE IN THE RANGE OF 10.71 PER CENT TO 20.24 PER CENT IN EXCESS OF THE ACTUAL WEIGHT.

THE CHIEF TRADE CONTROLS OFFICER OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, MR ANDREW WONG, SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 94 COMPLAINTS ABOUT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN THE 12 MONTHS FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

ORDINANCE.

"OF THESE COMPLAINTS, 45 ARE NOT SUBSTANTIATED, 33 ARE SUBSTANTIATED AND 16 OTHERS ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

"AS FOR THE COMPLAINTS WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIATED, WRITTEN WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ΤΟ 20 TRADERS, 11 TRADERS HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED AND TWO OTHER CASES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BROUGHT ΤΟ COURT SHORTLY, HE SAID.

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"THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE CARRIES A MAXIMUM $20,000 PLUS SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT,

IMPRISONMENT," MR WONG POINTED OUT.

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APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAMME

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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW INVITED FROM FAMILIES WISHING PART IN AN AFTER SCHOOL CARE PILOT SCHEME WHICH PROVIDES CARE TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN FIVE DISTRICTS.

ΤΟ

TAKE HALF-DAY

THE DISTRICTS ARE EASTERN, KWUN TONG, SHAM SHUT PO, SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN/KWAI TSING,

A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE TARGET GROUP FOR THIS SERVICE WOULD BE FAMILIES FINANCIAL NEEDS WHICH WERE VULNERABLE AND LACKING TO BUY SUCH A SERVICE.

TODAY

(WEDNESDAY)

WITH SOCIAL AND ADEQUATE

RESOURCES

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