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ANOTHER TWO PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED BY THE POLICE AND FINED AND $400 RESPECTIVELY FOR CAUSING EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM DOMESTIC

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMANT SAID IN CASE 4,5,9 AND 10, THE COMPANY UNIVERSAL DOCKYARD LIMITED WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $200,000 IN WANCHAI DISTRICT COURT FOR FOUR CHARGES RELATING TO ILLEGAL DUMPING OF DREDGED MARINE MUD AND EXCAVATED MATERIAL.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT SUCH CHARGES WERE BROUGHT то THE DISTRICT COURT TO SEEK A MORE EFFECTIVE DETERRENT.

USUALLY OFFENDERS UNDER THE DUMPING AT SEA ACT ARE BROUGHT BEFORE MAGISTRACIES ON SUMMARY CONVICTION, THE MAXIMUM FINE OF WHICH BRING $5,000 AND/OR SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

UNIVERSAL DOCKYARD LIMITED, WHICH HAS A RECORD OF EIGHT PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS, WAS FINED $50,000 ON EACH OF THE FOUR CHARGES AND HAS TO PAY FOR THE PROSECUTION CHARGE OF $12,000.

NOTE TO EDITORS :

ENQUIRIES ON SPECIFIC CASES CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS :

APCO, OLPO NCO

WPCO CASE 41

WPCO CASE 7, 12

MR FRANKLIN CHUNG

DR ANDREW KWAN

DR MIKE CHIU

DR ELLEN CHAN

WPCO CASE 11, 15 DASO

MR MURRAY LUO

MR PATRICK LEI

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HOWEVER, ENQUIRIES ON GENERAL ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION.

$49.9M PAID TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD PAID OUT MORE THAN $49.9 MILLION FROM THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE (TAVA) FUND ΤΟ TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDENTS IN 1990-91.

ACCORDING TO THE 1990-91 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TAVA FUND BY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, 5,951 APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE RECEIVED DURING THE PERIOD, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF THREE PER WHEN COMPARED TO 6,134 APPLICATIONS IN 1989-90.

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THE SWD'S TAVA SECTION HANDLED 29 SERIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THE YEAR IN WHICH HEAVY CASUALTIES WERE INVOLVED.

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THE ACCIDENT WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CASUALTIES OCCURRED JUNE 4, 1990 AT POKFULAM ROAD NEAR VICTORIA ROAD WHEN FOUR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES COLLIDED WITH ONE ANOTHER.

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