SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1981
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BIG CLEAN UP AT MOUSE ISLAND
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A MAMMOTH, TWO-WEEK LONG CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN HAS CLEARED THE HUGE AMOUNTS OF RUBBISH FROM MOUSE ISLAND IN TUEN MUN.
IN THE BIG FACELIFT OPERATION, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT REMOVED SOME 230 LORRY LOADS OF REFUSE, JUNK, OYSTER SHELLS, BUILDING RUBBLE AND BULKY ARTICLES FROM THE BREAKWATER AND WATERFRONT AREA OF THE CASTLE PEAK BAY.
THIS NOW MEANS THAT RESIDENTS OF MOUSE ISLAND, PREVIOUSLY THREATENED WITH A HEALTH HAZARD AS A RESULT OF THE INSANITARY REFUSE ACCUMULATION, CAN NOW ENJOY A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID.
TO HELP THE BOAT PEOPLE IN PROPERLY DISPOSING OF THE IR DOMESTIC REFUSE, THE NTSD HAS SET UP SIX TEMPORARY BIN SITES AT THE ENTRANCE OF FOUR JETTIES.
AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, A CALL HAS BEEN MADE TO RESIDENTS AND BOAT PEOPLE TO PLAY THEIR CIVIC ROLE BY MAKING FULL USE OF THE REFUSE COLLECTION BINS AND THEREBY HELP IMPROVE THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND, AS FOR THOSE NOT HEEDING THE CALL, THE NTSD WILL STEP UP ENFORCEMENT ACTION TO PROSECUTE LITTER OFFENDERS.
TO THIS END, ANTI-LITTER SIGN BOARDS HAVE BEEN ERECTED AT THE BIN SITE TO WARN AGAINST INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING OF REFUSE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
PEOPLE CAUGHT LITTERING WILL FACE A FINE OF $1 000 FOR THE FIRST OFFENCE AND $2 000 ON THE SUBSEQUENT CONVICTIONS, HE POINTED OUT.
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