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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1992

BE SEIZED

DRUGS,

ALSO ON DISPLAY WILL PARAPHERNALIA AND DRUG CONCEALMENT DEVICES FROM BOTH THE CUSTOMS.

DRUG-SMOKING

POLICE

AND

ANTI-DRUG

THREE LOCAL POP SINGERS WILL HELP DISSEMINATE MESSAGE AT A MINI-CONCERT AT 2 PM ON SATURDAY (JUNE 27} AND SUNDAY (JUNE 28) ON THE EXHIBITION SITE.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, WILL OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AT THE CRYSTAL ATRIUM OF METROPLAZA, KWAI FONG, AT NOON TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

PRESS COVERAGE WILL BE WELCOME.

CALL TO KEEP SERVICE LIFTS PROPERLY MAINTAINED

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OWNERS OF SERVICE LIFTS ARE REMINDED NOT TO USE OR OPERATE THEIR LIFTS UNLESS THEY ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED.

FAILURE TO DO SO WOULD MAKE THEM LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND UPON CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $5,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.

THIS ADVICE WAS GIVEN TODAY (THURSDAY) BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (EMSD) FOLLOWING THE CONVICTION LAST WEEK OF AN OWNER OF A SERVICE LIFT IN A PRESERVED SEAFOOD SHOP IN WESTERN DISTRICT.

THE SHOP OWNER WAS FINED THE MAXIMUM OF $5,000 FOR FAILING ΤΟ PRODUCE EVIDENCE ON THE PROPER MAINTENANCE OF THE LIFT, WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE IN A DILAPIDATED STATE AND HAD NOT BEEN MAINTAINED FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

THE OFFENCE WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEPARTMENT DURING AN INVESTIGATION OF AN ACCIDENT IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR IN WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SHOP WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE MALFUNCTIONING OF THE LIFT.

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATION, OWNERS OF SERVICE LIFTS ARE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT THEIR LIFTS ARE INSPECTED AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED BY REGISTERED CONTRACTORS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

A LIST OF REGISTERED CONTRACTORS IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE EMSD BY THE PUBLIC. ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SERVICE LIFT SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE CAN ALSO BE MADE BY CALLING THE DEPARTMENT ON TEL 895 8623.

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