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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30. RO
HUNG SHUI KIU RIVER GETS FACELIFT
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THE POLLUTED HUNG SHUI KIU RIVER AND ITS CATCHMENT AREA IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN DISTRICTS WAS GIVEN A FACELIFT AFTER AN EXTENSIVE CLEAN-UP RECENTLY.
TC BRING NEW LIFE TO IT, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT DEPLOYED SOME 50 WORKERS TO CARRY OUT A TWO MONTH CLEARANCE JOE ON THE 4.7-KILOMETRE RIVER.
MORE THAN 300 LORRY-LOADS OF REFUSE, JUNK AND SOLID WASTE MERE REMOVED FROM THE RIVER DURING THE EXERCISE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
A LARGE QUANTITY OF VEGETATION AND PLANTS THAT WOULD ROT AND COVER THE RIVER WITH A THICK CRUST AND BLOCK THE WATER-FLOW WAS ALSO COMPLETELY TRIMMED AND REMOVED.
WITH A FREE COLLECTION SERVICE FOR POULTRY AND PIG WASTES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CLEAN-UP, MOST OF THE FARM WASTES ARE NOW FINDING THEIR WAY INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS LOCATED AT VARIOUS BIN SITES AND COLLECTION POINTS, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
A DAILY COLLECTION OF ABOUT 20 TONNES OF FARM WASTE HAS BEEN RECORDED DURING THE LAST TWC MONTHS, HE SAID.
HE SAID NON-STOP EFFORT WOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT ANY RECURRENCE OF POLLUTION OF THE RIVER.
+BUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WORK DEPENDS LARGELY ON FULL COOPERATION BY FARMERS AND VILLAGERS, HE STRESSED.
HE URGED THE OWNERS OF 350 FARMS LOCATED ALONGSIDE 32 SECTIONS OF THE RIVER TO PLAY THEIR PART IN KEEPING THE RIVER CLEAN.
+DUMPING FARM WASTE AND REFUSE INDISCRIMINATELY INTO THE RIVER WOULD ONLY RESULT IN OBNOXIOUS SMELLS, FLIES, POOR SANITATION AND HEALTH HAZARDS, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
WATER CUT IN TSZ WAN SHAN
WATER SUPPLY TO AN AREA OF TSZ WAN SHAN WILL BE INTERRUPTED
FOR EIGHT HOURS FROM 9 AM ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 2.
THE AREA COVERS ALL PREMISES AT YUK WAH CRESCENT AND IS BOUNDED BY YUK WAH STREET, PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD, PO FONG LANE AND PO MING LANE.