SATURDAY, OCTOBEI. 17, 1981
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+THERE IS A NEED TO BOOST THE SECRETARIAT TO PROVIDE AN EVEN BETTER SERVICE TO: THE COUNCIL AND ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF DOING THIS, IT WAS FELT WAS TO ESTABLISH A LIAISON SECTION UNDER THE COUNCIL'S SECRETARIAT, TO BUILD UP STRONG LINKS WITH ALL THE GOVERNING SPORTS BODIES, HE SAID.
+THIS LIAISON SECTION IS TO DO THE 'LEG WORK' OF THE SECRETARIAT AND WILL PROVIDE A DIRECT POINT OF CONTACT WITH SPORTS BODIES ON ALL MATTERS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE, PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING THE ASSISTANCE SCHEME.
+SPORTS ORGANISATIONS WILL BE ACTIVELY ENCOURAGED TO BRING THE IR PROBLEMS TO THE COUNCIL WHOSE MEMBERS ARE VERY KEEN TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW THEY CAN BEST HELP THE ASSOCIATIONS, + MR W. GGHAM ADDED.
SELF ISHNESS GIVES RISE TO LITTER PROBLEM
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MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG ARE SELFISH ENOUGH TO TREAT THE IR APARTMENT WINDOWS AS CONVENIENT LITTER-BINS, MR MARTIN LEWIS, CO-ORDINATOR OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CÁMPAIGN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
HE POINTED OUT THAT OUT OF SHEER LAZINESS OR FOR SOME OTHER INEXPLICABLE REASONS, THESE LITTERBUGS PREFER TO THROW REFUSE FROM THE WINDOWS OF THEIR LIVING ROOMS OR KITCHENS RATHER THAN MAKE THE EFFORT TO DEPOSIT IT IN DUST-BINS.
MR LEWIS SAID THAT IN SO DOING, THEY NOT ONLY
CAUSED UNSIGHTLY ACCUMULATION OF LITTER ON THE CANOPIES AND
IN THE WELLS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS, BUT THEY ALSO GAVE RISE TO A SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEM.
+MORE SERIOUS STILL IS THE DANGER CAUSED TO PEDESTRIANS WHEN LITTER SUCH AS BOTTLES, WOOD, IRON BARS AND OTHER HEAVY
ITEMS ARE THROWN OUT OF WINDOWS, + HE SAID.
MR LEWIS CITED AS AN EXAMPLE AN INCIDENT IN QUARRY BAY WHERE A PASSER-BY WAS INJURED BY AN LPG CONTAINER DUMPED FROM A HIGH-RISE BUILDING.
HE SAID THAT MANY PEOPLE ALSO HAVE THE UNHYGIENIC HABIT OF SPITTING OUT OF THE IRINDOWS. +SUCH INCONSIDERATE BEHAVIOUR COULD BE EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT FOR THE UNFORTUNATE RECIPIENT BELOW.+
MR LEWIS ADVISED INHABITANTS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS TO KEEP PROPER RUBBISH-BINS IN THE IR APARTMENTS AND DISPOSE OF THE IR RUBBISH IN THE PROPER WAY.
+ IN A DENSELY-POPULATED CITY LIKE HONG KONG, EVERYONE OWES A DUTY OF CARE TO HIS NEIGHBOURS AND IT IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE CITY CLEAN, HE SAID,
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