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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1993

PROSECUTION ACTION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TAKEN ON 34 CASES. THE FINES IMPOSED RANGED FROM $800 TO $35,000.

VIGILANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION WAS ALSO TAKEN ON OTHER PORNOGRAPHIC ARTICLES UNDER THE ORDINANCE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR TELA SAID: "TELA WILL STRENGTHEN

WITH THE POLICE IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE.

CO-OPERATION

"NEWSPAPER STALL OPERATORS WILL BE ADVISED TO COMPLY WITH THE LEGISLATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, NOT TO SELL INDECENT COMIC BOOKS, WHICH SHOULD ALL CARRY A WARNING NOTICE, TO MINORS."

"

PUBLIC EDUCATION WORK THROUGH THE SCREENING OF ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ON TELEVISION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION LEAFLETS TO SCHOOLS WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT TO PUBLICISE THAT INDECENT ARTICLES SHOULD NOT BE PUBLISHED TO MINORS," HE SAID.

SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT VISITS MTRC * * * * *

RIDE

SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR KY YEUNG, TODAY (TUESDAY) TOOK A ON THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (MTR) TO OBTAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR CONGESTION PROBLEM DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR.

LONG

HE ARRIVED AT THE MONG KOK STATION AT 8.15 AM TO OBSERVE QUEUES OF COMMUTERS GETTING ONTO TRAINS WITH PLATFORM ASSISTANTS IN ATTENDANCE.

MR YEUNG THEN BOARDED A CENTRAL-BOUND TRAIN FOR A RIDE ΤΟ MTRC'S HEADQUARTERS IN KOWLOON BAY VIA THE ISLAND LINE AND THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.

HE SPENT THE REST OF THE MORNING IN TOURING THE MTR CENTRAL CONTROL ROOM AND TRAINING CENTRE.

DEPOT,

MR YEUNG WAS BRIEFED OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, MR DISCUSSION WITH THE CORPORATION CHAIRMAN, MR HAMISH MATHERS.

ON THE MTR OPERATIONS BY THE MTRC'S

BILL DONALD, AND HAD A

USEFUL

SECRETARY FOR AND ACTING

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE DEPUTY TRANSPORT (TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT), MR LEE LAP-SUN, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT (TRANSPORT SERVICES), MR ISAAC Y N CHOW.

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