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Q Have hygiene officers gone too far in the key case?

I can't believe what I've been reading. On the assumption that what happened is exactly as reported, then Lau Shiu-fun deserves an apology from the officers involved and someone of authority in the [Food and Environmental Hygiene] department.

Either the officers were overzealous in the extreme or they believed they were doing the right thing, in which case the department's training and instructions should be examined. Absolutely crazy!

Tony Cook, Hunghom

Assuming the housewife's testimony is true, this is a gross failing of the department. A fine is levied against litter. Even to a person with little common sense, a house key would hardly be litter. What's next, fining tourists for dropping their passports?

Better go after the taxi drivers who spit or throw a cigarette out of their window every few minutes.

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