Funny sign about no defecating, peeing, or smoking in an area in Hong Kong

Funny sign about no defecating, peeing, or smoking in an area in Hong KongI took a picture of this sign outside a public toilet in a McDonald’s in Mongkok, Hong Kong yesterday. The sign piqued my interest, and I decided to translate it. One thing that I find especially interesting is that the writer of the sign mixes Traditional Characters with Simplified Characters. Maybe the assumption is that Mainland Chinese would be the culprits, but I have no idea. I have pasted the sign’s contents, followed by the transliteration in Mandarin Pinyin, followed by my translation.

诸位文明人士此處大小二便或吸烟
zhūwèi wénmíng rénshì cǐ chù dàxiǎoèrbiàn huò xīyān
Ladies and Gentlemen and cultured people. This area you cannot defecate, pee, or smoke in.

将受恶
jiāng shòu è
It is evil to do so

恶有恶果报自受
èyǒuèbào guǒbào
evil has its retribution karma will self report

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