Two years of community service awaits anyone caught handing out
small advertisement stickers or cards twice in succession in
Beijing, reported Beijing News Monday.
The Municipal Public Security Bureau will?adopt measures to
prevent people from handing out advertisement style cards
especially in busy traffic areas. Anyone caught repeatedly
distributing small cards, pasting stickers or spraying
advertisements onto walls will face punishments from detention to
community service work, the newspaper said.
The telecommunication authority plans to suspend the phone
numbers published on these advertisements. Other authorities, such
as public transport, postal, city management, industrial and
commercial bodies will take responsibility for cleaning up the
advertisements as well as providing? funds for cleaning crews
and the monitoring of these of activities.
Unlicensed taxicabs and illegal vendors are also on the black
list and may face similar punishments as those responsible for the
stickers, the newspaper reported.
The city will enhance its management and focusing on these types
of activities especially in its 400 busiest areas, added the
newspaper.
Local authorities will also launch a campaign against begging in
the city. Beggars under 18 may be required to accept the help and
protection of government while those abetting, hiring or
controlling youngsters to engage begging will be heavily
punished.
(Shanghai Daily May 9, 2006)