However, the streets and squares in the centre are still full of cigarette butts, chewing gums and other waste today. It is too early to see the results of the directive, Frantisek Hodan, from the Prague Services company, said, adding that a number of people do not know about the regulations and the first results can be apparent in about a month. Moreover, the directive banning drinking of alcohol Death toll rising after China quake ...
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Czech ODS prefers lower social insurance payments, to keep taxes ... at selected public places will take effect next week. Hodan pointed out that the situation in Prague gets paradoxically worse at the beginning of the summer holidays as the tourist season is culminating.
At the same time the Prague Services work harder to clean and tidy the centre. The municipal police patrols are monitoring the observance of the new directive in the streets. They have not fined anyone for throwing rubbish yet. The new directive, in effect as from July 1, also bans feeding pigeons in the city, public excretion, advertisements placed outside the officially permitted areas as well as other violations of public order. Police can fine these offences with 1,000 crowns on the spot. In administrative proceedings, the perpetrators face a fine of up to 30,000 crowns. Foreign tourists do not know about the new directive, Tomio Okamura, spokesman for the Association of Czech Tourist Agencies, told CTK on Monday. He criticised the Prague City Hall for not having distributed information about the new directive, which, he said, might cause troubles as not all foreigners are used to similar rules from their home countries. "However, the association welcomes the directive," Okamura added. (USD1=15.157 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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