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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1992

HEFTY FINE FOR UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (THURSDAY) REITERATED THAT PROPERTY OWNERS MIGHT FACE HEFTY COURT FINES FOR HAVING CARRIED OUT BUILDING WORKS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE AUTHORITY.

THE ADVICE CAME AFTER A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH A SCAFFOLDING COMPANY WAS FINED $35,000 AT A SHA TIN COURT AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CARRYING OUT UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS ON ITS PROPERTY IN SHA TIN.

THE COURT WAS

TOLD

THAT STAFF OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, IN RESPONSE TO A

PREMISES COMPLAINT, INSPECTED THE

ON MA YEUNG PATH, SHA TIN ON OCTOBER 21 LAST YEAR AND REVEALED THAT A SERIES OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS WERE BEING CARRIED OUT.

THE UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS INCLUDED VARIOUS EXTENSIONS TO THE TWO-STOREY HOUSE, INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND ROOFTOP STRUCTURES.

COMPANY,

REMOVE

IN HIS MITIGATION, THE DIRECTOR OF VECTOR SCAFFOLDING

то STARTED MOK BONG-TUNG, TOLD THE COURT THAT HE HAD ALREADY THE ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS FOR WHICH HE HAD SPENT ABOUT $200,000.

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SENTENCE,

HOWEVER, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, MR H.H. TAM, IN PASSING SAID A HEFTY FINE WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS WERE EXTENSIVE IN SCALE.

LICENCE REQUIRED FOR MARINE FISH TRANSPORTATION * * * * * *

FISHERMEN ARE REMINDED THAT WITH EFFECT FROM JUNE 1, VESSELS

HONG TRANSPORTING OVER 60 KILOGRAMMES OF MARINE FISH IN

KONG WATERS MUST BE IN POSSESSION OF A PERMIT ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING OF THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION (FMO).

THIS REQUIREMENT IS AIMED AT FURTHER COMBATTING ILLEGAL FISH MARKETING ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WHOLESALE MARKETS RUN BY THE FMO.

THE

PREVIOUSLY, VESSELS LICENCED AS FISHING VESSELS BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE WERE EXEMPTED FROM OBTAINING A PERMIT FROM DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, WHO IS CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.

WITH THE AMENDMENT OF THE MARINE FISH (MARKETING AND EXPORTATION) REGULATIONS, THE EXEMPTION PROVISION IS REMOVED.

OFFENDER IS LIABLE ΤΟ A MAXIMUM FINE OF

IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.

$10,000

AND

APPLICATION FOR THE PERMIT MAY BE MADE AT THE FMO WHOLESALE MARKETS AND LIAISON OFFICES.

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