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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1992

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SHE ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN ON THE BIG INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING FALLING OBJECTS IN THE DISTRICT.

POLICE FIGURES REVEALED THAT THERE WERE 23 SUCH INCIDENTS YEAR, COMPARED WITH ONLY ONE CASE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

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WAS MRS URE SAID THE ADMINISTRATION

DETERMINED TO BRING COMMIT JUSTICE THOSE WHO

THIS TYPE OF OFFENCE, WHICH CARRIES MAXIMUM PENALTY OF A $10,000 FINE AND SIX-MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT,

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"FOR THOSE CASES THAT RESULT IN DEATHS, OFFENDERS MAY FACE LIFE IMPRISONMENT OR EVEN THE DEATH PENALTY," SHE SAID.

TODAY'S BUS PARADE HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT'S SEVEN AREA COMMITTEES.

ON APART FROM MAKING APPEALS THROUGH THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM THE BUS, THE PULICITY TEAM ALSO HANDED OUT COPIES OF A BOOKLET SPECIALLY PRODUCED FOR THE PUBLICITY DRIVE,

COMMITTEES,

KWONG, WONG

THE TEAM COMPRISED THE DB CHAIRMAN, MR HUI YUNG-CHUNG;

OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF; AND CHAIRMEN

SEVEN AREA MESSRS LEE PING-WAH,

WAI-KEUNG, TSE KIT-TO, CHEN KING-CHEUNG, KO KAM-CHEUNG AND CHAN YAU-YUE.

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CNTA DEALT WITH OVER FOUR MILLION ENQUIRIES IN 1991

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THE 20 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES (PESCS) OF THE CITY AND TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) HANDLED OVER FOUR MILLION

ENQUIRIES LAST YEAR.

A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT OUT OF THE 4,017,467 ENQUIRIES, 150,337 CASES WERE RECEIVED BY THE CENTRAL TELEPHONE ENQUIRY CENTRE (CTEC) IN CNTA HEADQUARTERS, WHICH WAS SET UP LAST APRIL AS A BACK UP SERVICE.

HE SAID THE CENTRES, WHICH WERE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE 19 DISTRICTS, AND THE CTEC SERVED MORE THAN 10.7 MILLION PEOPLE DURING THE YEAR,

ASIDE FROM DECLARATION SERVICE WHICH TOPPED THE LIST OF ENQUIRIES (250,974), THE OTHER POPULAR SUBJECTS WERE LOCATIONS, TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND OPENING HOURS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES (188,468), GOVERNMENT JOB VACANCIES (151,450), APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING (122,639) AND EMIGRATION OR OVERSEAS VISITS (122,283).

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MEANWHILE, A TOTAL OF 564,000 DECLARATIONS, OATHS AFFIRMATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE DECLARATION OF OVERSEAS STUDIES (113,021), EMIGRATION OR OVERSEAS VISITS (112,124) AND OVERSEAS EXAMINATIONS (30,068), WERE ADMINISTERED BY THE PESCS IN THE SAME PERIOD.

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