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FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1992

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NEW WARNING NOTICE ON INDECENT ARTICLES

AUTHORITY TODAY

THE TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING (FRIDAY) REMINDED RELEVANT TRADES OF CHANGES TO THE WORDING OF THE WARNING NOTICE TO BE DISPLAYED ON INDECENT ARTICLES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY POINTED OUT THAT THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES (AMENDMENT) BILL, WHICH AMENDED THE WORDING OF THE WARNING NOTICE TO BE DISPLAYED ON INDECENT ARTICLES, WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JULY 15. THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE WAS GAZETTED ON JULY 17.

THE WARNING HAS BEEN AMENDED TO READ:

"WARNING: THIS ARTICLE

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CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH MAY OFFEND MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED, CIRCULATED, SOLD, HIRED, GIVEN, LENT, SHOWN, PLAYED OR PROJECTED TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS."

"LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO THE PUBLISHERS OF PRINTED PUBLICATIONS, NEWSPAPERS, BOOKSHOPS, NEWSTANDS, VIDEO SHOPS AND CINEMA OPERATORS INFORMING THEM OF THE CHANGE AND ADVISING THEM TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW WHEN PUBLISHING INDECENT ARTICLES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"THEY ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO PUBLISH AN INDECENT ARTICLE WITHOUT THE REQUISITE WARNING.

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ANY PERSON WHO COMMITS SUCH AN OFFENCE IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $200,000 AND TO IMPRISONMENT FOR 12 MONTHS, HE ADDED.

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WATER SUPPLY TO AP LEI CHAU, TUEN MUN TO IMPROVE

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TWO WORKS PROJECTS AIMING TO IMPROVE FRESH WATER SUPPLY то AP LEI CHAU AND TUEN MUN WILL START TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR WITH A CAPACITY OF 7,250 CUBIC METRES AND THE LAYING OF THE ASSOCIATED WATER MAINS MEASURING ABOUT 3,960 METRES LONG IN AP LEI CHAU.

UPON COMPLETION, IT IS HOPED THAT ADEQUATE FRESH WATER CAN BE SUPPLIED TO A LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE FORMER OIL DEPOT AND POWER STATION SITES AT NORTHWESTERN AP LEI CHAU.

MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO INVITES TENDERS FOR THE LAYING OF A 2,600-METRE LONG FRESH WATER MAIN ALONG LUNG MUN ROAD FROM SIU LANG SHUI TO PAK KOK.

SUPPLY OF POTABLE WATER TO RESIDENTS IN THE TUEN MUN CAN BE IMPROVED SOON.

WESTERN PART OF

/WORKS FOR