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NEW VEHICLES STRENGTHEN NT CLEANSING SERVICES
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FORTY NEW REFUSE-COLLECTION VEHICLES HAVE RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM BELGIUM TO STRENGTHEN THE CLEANSING SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN TIME FOR THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
THE NEW VEHICLE, VANDERKEROKHOVE (VDK) 15, IS A POWERFUL AND EFFICIENT MACHINE INTRODUCED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CLEANSING SERVICES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN HE INSPECTED THE CLEANSING SERVICES AT A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AT CHI LOK GARDEN, A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME HOUSING ESTATE, TODAY (MONDAY).
THE VEHICLE CAN HANDLE AND COLLECT REFUSE AND JUNK IN A MIXED COLLECTION SYSTEM, RESULTING IN MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN THE DAILY COLLECTION OF DOMESTIC GARBAGE FROM PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
EQUIPPED WITH A COMPACTION DEVICE AND HAVING AN AIR SPACE OF 15 CUBIC METRES, THE VEHICLE HAS PROVED ECONOMICAL IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF HAULS TO DISPOSAL POINTS,
IT IS ALSO FITTED WITH A BIN-LIFTING INSTRUMENT FOR THE COLLECTION OF BULK REFUSE CONTAINERS FROM HOUSING ESTATES.
THE VDK 15 CAN COLLECT UP TO 6.5 TONNES OF COMPACTED REFUSE. (A TOTAL OF 1 000 TONNES OF REFUSE IS COLLECTED BY THE NTSD EACH DAY.)
ALL THE NEW VEHICLES ARE NOW IN SERVICE IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
THE NTSD WILL SPEND SOME $42 MILLION THIS YEAR TO PURCHASE MORE THAN 100 SPECIAL CLEANSING VEHICLES TO MEET ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS AND AS REPLACEMENT.
INCLUDED WILL BE SUCTION SWEEPERS FOR HIGHWAYS REQUIRING MECHANICAL SWEEPING, STREET WASHING VEHICLES FOR ROAD SURFACE CLEANSING AND DESLUGDING VEHICLES FOR SLUDGE AND NIGHTSOIL COLLECTION IN THE RURAL AREAS.
CHRISTMAS AEROGRAMMES ON SALE SOON
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CHRISTMAS PICTORIAL AEROGRAMMES WILL BE PLACED ON SALE AT 20 CENTS EACH AT ALL POST OFFICES FROM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1981, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL MR A.C. HEATHCOTE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
+CHRISTMAS AEROGRAMMES ARE A CONVENIENT WAY OF SENDING CHRISTMAS GREETINGS ABROAD. THEY COMBINE BOTH A PERSONAL LETTER AND A GREETING AND CAN BE POSTED TO ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS FIRST-CLASS AIRMAIL FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR, HE SAID.
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