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A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (June 20) called on the public to be considerate and to comply with the hygiene regulations.

In a court case heard this morning in the Fanling Magistrates' Courts, a 66-year-old man was fined $3,000 for spitting in a public place.

The offender was found spitting on a planter at Wang Fat Lane in Yuen Long on April 19 this year.

The spokesman warned that spitting not only affected public health, but also carried serious legal consequence.

End/Friday, June 20, 2003

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