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SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1977
+BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH SAFETY CHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECTIVENESS IT IS EXPECTED TO PLAY AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN QUARRYING OPERATIONS AND MAJOR PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS, + HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT DEMAND FOR QUARRY PRODUCTS ROSE STEADILY LAST YEAR AND IN THE LAST MONTH THE SIX PRIVATE QUARRIES RUN UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTRACT WERE PRODUCING SOME 20 PER CENT MORE THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE AMOUNT OF CRUSHED STONES PRODUCED AT THESE QUARRIES LOCATED AT SHEK O, ANDERSON ROAD, CHA KWO LING AND LAM TEI IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, INCREASED FROM SOME 2.3 MILLION TONNES IN 1974-75 TO SOME 3 MILLION TONNES IN 1975-76.
TWO OTHER QUARRIES, AT MOUNT BUTLER AND DIAMOND HILL, OPERATED BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SUPPLIED IN 1975-76 SOME 212,000 TONNES OF CRUSHED STONES, 155,500 TONNES OF BITUMEN-COATED MATERIALS AND 19,000 TONNES OF READY-MIXED CONCRETE TO THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME AND OTHER HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.
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DISTRICT ANTI-MOSQUITOES CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW *******
NOTE TO EDITORS:
AN ANTI-MOSQUITOES CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED IN SO KUN PO AND HAPPY VALLEY TOMORROW (MONDAY) AND WILL LAST UP TO JULY 22,
THE CAMPAIGN AIMS AT URGING RESIDENTS IN THE TWO DISTRICTS TO TAKE CARE DURING THE RAINY SEASON TO PREVENT MOSQUITOES BREEDING.
DURING THE OPERATION, OFFICERS FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPART- MENT WILL DIRECT THEIR EFFORTS AT IDENTIFYING AND CLEANSING POSSIBLE MOSQUITO BREEDING GROUNDS, SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION SITES, BACK ALLEYS, AND POOLS OF STAGNANT WATERS.
THE 12-DAY CAMPAIGN IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (WAN CHAI AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. A CEREMONY TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE OPERATION WILL BE HELD AT THE U.S.D. ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SUB-OFF ICE AT THE COLONIAL CEMETERY, HAPPY VALLEY AT 10 A.M. ON MONDAY.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE EVENT.
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