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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1976
SINCE LATE LAST MONTH, MR. MASON POINTED OUT, TWO EXTRA BOATS WERE HIRED TO COLLECT REFUSE IN THE CHAI WAN UNLICENSED DWELLING BOATS AREA AND, FROM NEXT MONTH, TWO EXTRA FLEETS OF FOUR BOATS EACH WILL COME INTO OPERATION.
ONE FLEET WILL BE STATIONED IN TSUEN WAN, AND THE OTHER WILL BE USED AS A BACK UP FLEET, HE SAID.
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OF THE ORIGINAL 31 CRAFT, 16 ARE DEPLOYED IN THE CENTRAL HARBOUR AREA, SEVEN IN ABERDEEN, FIVE IN YAU MA TEI AND CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTERS AND THREE ARE ENGAGED IN COLLECTING REFUSE FROM OCEAN-GOING SHIPS.
MR. MASON SAID THAT WITH DEPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL CRAFT, + THE REFUSE SITUATION IN THE HONG KONG WATERS SHOULD IMPROVE.
BUT, HE ADDED, THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM WAS TO SEEK THE CO-OPERATION OF THE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE FLOATING POPULATION.
+UNTIL THERE IS MORE CO-OPERATION FROM THE USERS OF THE WATERS OF HONG KONG INCLUDING CERTAIN INDUSTRIES AND OTHER FACILITIES ON THE SHORE LINES, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE CAN BE REDUCED,+ HE SAID.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, A SHIPPING COMPANY WAS FINED $16,000 FOR POLLUTING THE HARBOUR WITH MARINE OIL. THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR THIS OFFENCE IS $20,000.
IN ANOTHER CASE, A CHARTERER OF PLEASURE CRAFT WAS FINED $1,000 AFTER A MAN WAS SEEN DUMPING A LARGE QUANTITY OF REFUSE OVERBOARD.
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