Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Don't Go Washing Dishes Down Back Alleys In Hong Kong
http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=132&fArticleId=2240694
Nabbed with their zips down
September 28, 2004
#Hong Kong - Anybody answering the call of nature in Hong Kong's back
alleys should be on alert: Big Brother may be watching.
Authorities have installed closed-circuit TV cameras in five
locations. Hong Kong Home Affairs spokesperson Cindy Yu said yesterday
the surveillance has led to the prosecution of 29 people over the past
two months for hygiene offences.
They included six men caught relieving themselves and other people
apprehended washing dishes and dumping trash in areas that are off
limits, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.
The paper said fines of up to HK$2 000 (about R1 600) had been levied.
Yu said the filming was a "pilot project" that had proven quite useful
and would now be expanded. Officials originally envisioned installing
100 cameras in 18 districts as part of a clean-up campaign in reaction
to last year's SARS crisis, but it's unclear how many more cameras
they will add. - Sapa-AP
Nabbed with their zips down
September 28, 2004
#Hong Kong - Anybody answering the call of nature in Hong Kong's back
alleys should be on alert: Big Brother may be watching.
Authorities have installed closed-circuit TV cameras in five
locations. Hong Kong Home Affairs spokesperson Cindy Yu said yesterday
the surveillance has led to the prosecution of 29 people over the past
two months for hygiene offences.
They included six men caught relieving themselves and other people
apprehended washing dishes and dumping trash in areas that are off
limits, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.
The paper said fines of up to HK$2 000 (about R1 600) had been levied.
Yu said the filming was a "pilot project" that had proven quite useful
and would now be expanded. Officials originally envisioned installing
100 cameras in 18 districts as part of a clean-up campaign in reaction
to last year's SARS crisis, but it's unclear how many more cameras
they will add. - Sapa-AP
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