Thank you for your enthusiastic comments on this issue. The following is a news report in Hong Kong on June 27th, 2003:
The fine for littering increased from 600 yuan to yesterday's 1500 yuan. As of 4 pm yesterday, FEHD had issued 102 fixed penalty notices, many of which were illegal because citizens misunderstood the law and fell into the "garbage trap", including throwing paper towels into the ashtray at the top of the trash can and dumping cigarette butts into the pit. However, most illegal citizens are very cooperative, and only a few people ask law enforcement officers to give them a chance and refuse to show their identity cards. At one time, the police were asked for help.
Spitting in the trash can is also illegal.
Yesterday, FEHD specially reminded the public that the following four acts are actually obviously illegal: throwing garbage into bamboo baskets or open carton containers on the street, spitting in roadside ditches or directly spitting in garbage bins, dog owners failing to clean up dog excrement in time, and posting street signs and posters indiscriminately. FEHD has repeatedly stressed that the law will be strictly enforced.
The staff of the department pointed out earlier that the "correct way to spit" is to spit on paper, wrap it up and throw it into the trash can. Restaurants should immediately dispose of bamboo baskets or open carton containers placed on the roadside to avoid causing public misunderstanding.
FEHD's 4000 law enforcement officers come from five grades, including about 40 plainclothes task force personnel, health inspectors, hawker control team personnel, inspectors and inspectors. At 4 o'clock in the morning yesterday, 40 members of the plainclothes task force took the lead and went to various locations to perform their duties. By 9: 00 a.m., the rest of FEHD staff had been dispatched to inspect 20 districts in Hong Kong, and the number of inspections was increased for 18 garbage insect black spots.
On the first day, Cang earned153,000 yuan.
According to FEHD's statistics, the fixed penalty on the first day increased significantly. FEHD has issued 65,438+002 penalty notices, of which 83 are for littering and 65,438+09 for spitting. In other words, the first day has brought 153000 yuan to the national treasury, of which 54 were issued by plainclothes personnel of the task force. In the morning, they enforced the law at four locations, including Stanton Street in Central, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Yuen Long Avenue and Xinfa Street in Sheung Shui. Many citizens who received the penalty notice said that they would be more vigilant after this time.
A FEHD spokesman said that yesterday's operation went smoothly, with only eight cases requiring police assistance, but all of them were just people who refused to hand over their ID cards. The department said that a total of 102 penalty notices were issued in a single day, the highest in history, reflecting that a small number of citizens did not change their bad habits, and the authorities will continue to strengthen publicity.
Everyone is equal in law enforcement and shows no mercy.
Yang Hebei, deputy director of FEHD, pointed out in a radio program that there were less than 20 cases in which employees were attacked while enforcing the law. She also stressed that frontline officers have accumulated experience in law enforcement, and some of them have received training in emotional control courses. With the cooperation of the police, they are confident that law enforcement can proceed smoothly.
On the other hand, the Secretary for Home Affairs, He Zhiping, said yesterday that the Clean Hong Kong Campaign needed the cooperation of the public. He mentioned that the fixed penalty for littering was raised to 65,438+0 in 500 yuan, and 50 notices were issued in the first few hours, showing the government's determination to enforce the law. When a citizen said that he could not afford the fine, he responded that the law is equal and everyone needs to abide by it.