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P.A. Crush (Talkback, August 24) replying to my letter (Talkback, August 17) is wrong about the attitude of Hong Kong’s [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Is enough being done to police the smoking ban?
Tobacco officers drop planned protest at enforcing smoking ban
Ng Yuk-hang - SCMP
Tobacco control officers who had threatened industrial action have backed down four days before the smoking ban [...]
Tobacco to kill 6m next year
Reuters in Washington
Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of [...]
Is enough being done to police the smoking ban?
SCMP
It is time the government admitted that its toothless no-smoking law (”We don’t have time to issue tickets for defying [...]
Smoking fixed penalty in crisis already
Oriental Daily
The fixed penalty for illegal smoking from September 1 might not be implemented smoothly. Inspectors from the Tobacco Control [...]
We don’t have time to issue tickets for defying smoke ban, staff say
Ng Yuk-hang - SCMP
Officers responsible for issuing fixed-penalty tickets for illicit smoking from Tuesday next week have been told to [...]
Is enough being done to police the smoking ban?
SCMP
Your correspondents Allan Dyer and Annelise Connell should get realistic about smoking “offenders” inside buildings, lifts and bars (Talkback, August [...]
Text of Shanghai draft
Shanghai released its draft legislation for public comment today. The comment period runs through September 10. You’ll find the announcement [...]