SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1981
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YUEN LONG BAZAAR CLEAN-UP
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) CARRIED OUT A CLEAN-UP AT YUEN LONG SHOPPING BAZAAR AREA IN AN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO SPREAD THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN MESSAGE TO SHOPKEEPERS.
THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION WAS AT HONG CHONG BAZAAR AT THE BOUNDARY OF YUEN LONG MAIN ROAD, FUK HONG STREET, ON NING ROAD AND TUNG LOK STREET IN THE TOWNSHIP.
THE OPERATORS OF HUNDREDS OF SHOPS AT THE BAZAAR
HAD BEEN INDISCRIMINATELY DUMPING THEIR REFUSE AND WASTE ONTO THE PUBLIC AREAS AND THIS HAD LED TO MANY COMPLAINTS.
→WE HOPE THE CLEAN-UP EXERCISE WILL INFLUENCE THE SHOP OPERATORS TO PLAY THEIR PART IN KEEPING THE IR TRADING AREA TIDY, SAID THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG.
HE URGED THE OPERATORS OF THE SHOPS TO BE MORE CIVIC-MINDED BY DISPOSING OF REFUSE IN THE PROPER MANNER.
ALL THE PEOPLE WOULD BENEFIT BY KEEPING THE COMMON PARTS OF THE BAZAAR FREE FROM REFUSE AND DOMESTIC WASTE, SAID MR LEUNG.
MORE THAN 30 CLEANSING WORKERS OF THE YUEN LONG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE WERE DEPLOYED IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL BLACKSPOTS TO REMOVE ABOUT 10 TONNES OF GARBAGE.
TWO TEMPORARY DOMESTIC JUNK-COLLECTION POINTS WERE SET UP
IN THE AREA FOR THE OPERATORS TO DISPOSE OF BULKY ITEMS.
FIRING PRACTICE WARNING
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FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE HA TSUEN/CASTLE PEAK RANGE BETWEEN 8 AM AND 11 PM ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 19).
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING PRACTICE TIMES.