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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1980
CLEAN CANOPIES OPERATION IN TSUEN WAN
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY LAUNCHED A DISTRICT-WIDE CLEAN CANOPIES AND SHADES OPERATION AND A FREE DOMESTIC JUNK COLLECTION SERVICE AT TSUEN WAN. THE EXERCISE TOOK PLACE AT YI PAI SQUARE AND SAM PEI SQUARE AREAS.
IT WAS AIMED AT AROUSING AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND ENCOURAGING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE CURRENT ANTI-LITTER DRIVE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
MORE THAN 100 CLEANSING STAFF OF THE TSUEN WAN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE AND 10 REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES WERE DEPLOYED TO ASSIST THE FUELIC IN REMOVING REFUSE FROM MULTI-STOREY DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL FUILDINGS.
BEFORE THE OPERATION, HEALTH INSPECTORS HAD CALLED ON THE RESIDENTS AND SHOPKEEPERS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, ADVISING THEM OF THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THEIR CANOPIES AND SHADES FREE FROM REFUSE.
SPEAKING ON THE RESPONSE OF THE PUBLIC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING AS MOST OF THE CANOPIES AND SHADES IN THE AREA WERE TODAY GIVEN A FACELIFT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CLEANSING STAFF.
A BROADCAST VAN WAS ALSO AT THE SCENE EXHORTING THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THE FREE JUNK COLLECTION SERVICE.
AS A RESULT OF THE CLEAN-UP, ABOUT 500 KILOGRAMS OF REFUSE WERE COLLECTED TODAY.
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FOR THE HANDICAPPED HELD IN TSUEN WAN
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MORE THAN 500 HANDICAPPED PEOPLE FROM SEVEN CENTRES IN TSUEN WAN TODAY WATCHED A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATED EY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.
THE TOURNAMENT WAS ONE OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE SECOND TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL WHICH BEGAN LAST SATURDAY.
FOUR TEAMS FROM KOWLOON AND HONG KONG TOCK PART IN THE MATCHES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE SAIL TSUEN WAN .D NOT AT PRESENT HAVE ITS OWN BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THE HANDICAPPED.
IT IS HOPED HE SAID, THAT THEY WILL BECOME INTERESTED IN PLAYING THE SPORT THEMSELVES AFTER MATCHING OTHER HIND CAPPED PEOPLE N ACTION.