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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1994

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CO-OPERATION ON NO-SMOKING LAW

PROBLEM,

THE ACTING

LAU,

MOST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OBSERVE THE NO-SMOKING LAW VOLUNTARILY

ENFORCEMENT AND

IS NOT A MAJOR

FOR SECRETARY

HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS SHELLEY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

TOLD THE

SIU-TONG,

MARCH

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON TANG MRS LAU SAID 549 PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED FROM AUGUST 1992 TO 1994 FOR SMOKING IN STATUTORY NO-SMOKING AREAS.

OF THE 549 CASES, 326 OFFENDERS WERE CONVICTED AND AN FINE OF $500 WAS IMPOSED.

AVERAGE

DESIGNATED

SHE SAID PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS AND MANAGERS OF NO-SMOKING AREAS HAD SUFFICIENT POWER TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH LAW IN PLACES UNDER THEIR CONTROL.

THE

MRS LAU STRESSED THAT THE PROMULGATION OF STATUTORY NO-SMOKING AREAS ALSO

AN

ΤΟ HAD

EDUCATIVE

SMOKERS

HAVE PURPOSE TO TEACH CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS AND RESPECT THE CHOICE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC IN CHOOSING WHERE AND WHEN TO SMOKE.

SHE POINTED OUT THAT THIS RELIED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SMOKE- CULTURE

LEGISLATIVE FREE

AMONG BOTH SMOKERS AND NON-SMOKERS, WHICH MEASURES ALONE COULD NOT ACHIEVE.

"SUITABLE

PUBLICITY MEASURES

ARE

ΤΟ ESSENTIAL

COMPLEMENT PUBLIC

ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATION, AND WE ARE ORGANISING A SERIES OF EDUCATION EVENTS TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE," SHE SAID.

SHE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO REVIEW MEASURES TO PREVENT OR DISCOURAGE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES AND SEEK ADVICE FROM THE HONG KONG COUNCIL ON SMOKING AND HEALTH ON ANTI-SMOKING PUBLICITY,

PLAN FOR 3,500 DECKHANDS TO ENTER HK

AUTHORITIES 3,500

ON DECKHANDS

THE

THE

IS LIAISING WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF A SPECIAL SCHEME TO ALLOW UP TO FROM CHINA TO ENTER HONG KONG TO MEET THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY.

WILL THE FISHERMAN DECKHANDS MUST HAVE VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, BE HERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING TO UNLOAD THE CATCH AT FISH MARKETS AND CANNOT STAY FOR MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS ON EACH ENTRY.

WAS THIS

STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR MANPOWER, MR W K LAM, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION HENRY TANG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

EDUCATION AND

BY

THE HON

"OUR AIM IS TO FINALISE THE ARRANGEMENTS AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE,

HE SAID.

/MR LAM

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