WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1980
KWUN TONG POLLUTION PROBLEM BEING TACKLED ******
THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WILL SOON CARRY OUT A SURVEY ON SMOKE EMISSION FROM FACTORY CHIMNEYS IN ITS EFFORT TO COMBAT THE POLLUTION PROBLEM IN THE DISTRICT,
THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE KWUN TONG CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR DAVID TSUI AT TODAY'S MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE'S ENVIRONMENT SUB-COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHRISTIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE AND THE KWUN TONG LABOUR EDUCATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WHICH RECENTLY CONDUCTED A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY ON POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN KWUN TONG.
AT THE MEETING MR TSUI TOLD THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE SURVEY WOULD ALSO COVER OTHER ASPECTS OF AIR POLLUTION, INCLUDING EMISSION OF POLLUTED AIR AND FIBRE FRAGMENTS.
IT WILL BE CARRIED OUT WITH THE SPECIFIC AIM OF IDENTIFYING THE POLLUTION PROBLEM AND DOING WHAT THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE COULD TO MINIMISE IT.
IT WAS ALSO DISCLOSED AT THE MEETING THAT PLANS ARE NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION TO BUILD TWO LARGE PARKS AND MORE RECREATIONAL AREAS WILL BE PROVIDED IN KWUN TONG.
ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE KWUN TONG LABOUR EDUCATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ASSERTED THAT SOCCER PITCHES AT TSUN YIP PLAYGROUND WERE UNDER-UTILISED AND ASKED WHETHER THE SPACE COULD BE TURNED INTO A RESTING AREA FOR WORKERS WHO BADLY NEEDED MORE OPEN SPACE TO REST DURING THEIR LUNCH BREAK.
IN REPLY, MR TSUI PROMISED TO LOOK INTO THE SUGGESTION AND SAID THAT THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD AGREED TO SURVEY THE ACTUAL USAGE OF THE SOCCER PITCHES BEFORE MAKING A DECISION TO CONVERT IT INTO AN OPEN AREA.
MR TSUI ALSO TOLD THE MEETING THAT A PILOT SCHEME TO CLEAR OBSTRUCTIONS AND CLEAN UP BACK LANES IN THE DISTRICT HAD PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS.
THE SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED BY THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED. MORE STAFF WILL BE SOUGHT TO IMPLEMENT THE SCHEME WHICH AIMS TO RESTORE CROWN LAND TO ITS PROPER USAGE SO AS TO PROVIDE MORE RESTING PLACES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
FINALLY, ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR TSUI APPEALED TO ALL TO ASSIST IN THE CLEARANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL BLACKSPOTS. HE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED INDUSTRIAL OPERATORS TO KEEP THEIR PREMISES CLEAN AND WORKERS TO REPORT ANY UNSATISFACTORY SITUATIONS.
+ THE EFFORT BY THE TWO ORGANISATIONS IN PREPARING THE PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND RESIDENTS OF KWUN TONG, HE SAID.
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