SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1981
CROWN LAND TO GET FACE-LIFT
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MORE THAN 200 CROWN LAND AREAS IN THE URBAN DISTRICT WILL GET A FACE-LIFT IN THE COMING MONTHS.
THE REMOVAL OF REFUSE FROM VACANT CROWN LANDS IS PART OF THE PROGRAMME BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE URBAN COUNCIL CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF THE COMING REVITALISED CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER, TODAY (SATURDAY) INSPECTED A CROWN LAND SITE IN TAI HANG ROAD TO GET FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THE REFUSE PROBLEM,
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR HOWARD YOUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR MARTIN LEWIS, THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN CO-ORDINATOR AND MR TOMMY T.K. CHOY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (HONG KONG), URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
MR YOUNG EXPLAINED THAT PRIVATE CONTRACTORS HAD BEEN ASSIGNED THE DUTY OF KEEPING THESE SITES CLEAN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SOME SELFISH PEOPLE HAD TURNED THEM INTO DUMPING GROUNDS.
HE SAID THE PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A $3 MILLION GRANT FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE.
WITH THE FINANCIAL BOOST, THE URBAN COUNCIL CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE WILL TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CLEANING UP THESE PLACES AND KEEPING THEM TIDY UNTIL THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.
SIR JACK STRESSED THAT THIS PROJECT WAS A CRUCIAL PART OF THE PRE-CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS.
HE SAID HE WAS GLAD TO SEE THE CLEANING UP OF THESE AREAS WAS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE BEST SUITED TO TACKLE IT.
WORK HAS IN FACT STARTED IN JUNE THIS YEAR AND IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE BEFORE THE LAUNCHING OF THE REVITALISED CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN IN OCTOBER.
AFTER THE VISIT, SIR JACK ATTENDED AN URBAN COUNCIL CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE MEETING AT WHICH MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS ALSO PRESENT.
SIR JACK REITERATED GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO CLEAN HONG KONG AND TO MAKE IT A TIDIER AND BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.
HE SAID, OUR IMMEDIATE TASK, OF COURSE, IS TO PUT OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER BEFORE THE CAMPAIGN STARTS.+
THE CHIEF SECRETARY WAS INFORMED BY THE MEETING THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL SCREEN 30 ON-STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS BEFORE, AND ANOTHER 40 AFTER, THE START OF THE CAMPAIGN.
ALSO IN THE PIPELINE ARE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S PLANS TO CARRY OUT PROSECUTIONS AGAINST PERSISTENT LITTER OFFENDERS IN THE HOUSING ESTATES.
/SIR JACK