SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1991
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, 34 CAMPERS WERE PROSECUTED AND FINED A TOTAL OF $7,000 FOR ILLEGAL CAMPING IN COUNTRY PARKS. THE FINES RANGED FROM $300 TO $400.
NOTING THAT COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISY CAMPERS WERE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT NOW AND THEN, MR LAY APPEALED TO CAMPERS CONSIDERATE.
"THEY SHOULD KEEP THEIR VOICES DOWN AND TURN DOWN OF THEIR RADIO CASSETTE RECORDERS, PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT, TO DISTURB THOSE CAMPING NEXT TO THEM, HE URGED.
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TO BE MORE
THE VOLUME SO AS NOT
HE REMINDED CAMPERS THAT CAUSING NOISE NUISANCE IN A COUNTRY PARK IS ALSO AN OFFENCE AND OFFENDERS ARE AGAIN LIABLE то A MAXIMUM FINE OF $2,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR THREE MONTHS.
1,459 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN SEPTEMBER
A TOTAL OF 1,791 CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED IN 1,459 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH.
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT 302 OF THESE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 392 IN KOWLOON EAST, 425 IN KOWLOON WEST AND 340 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER SHOWED THAT 24 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 388 SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1,379 SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THESE ACCIDENTS.
THE
NUMBER OF CASUALTIES HAVE CENT
RESPECTIVELY OVER THE
THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND INCREASED BY 15.9 PER CENT AND 12.6 PER SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO IRELAND SUSPENDED
ANNOUNCED TODAY WORKERS IN THE
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, (SATURDAY) THAT OWING TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION BY POSTAL IRISH REPUBLIC, THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE THERE IS UNABLE TO OPERATE. AS A RESULT, SPEEDPOST SERVICE FROM HONG KONG TO IRELAND HAS BEEN SUSPENDED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
A FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AS AND WHEN SERVICE CAN
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