SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1981
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KAM TIN RIVER TO GET MASSIVE CLEAN-UP
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO SPEND $4 MILLION TO BRING NEW LIFE TO THE MOST POLLUTED SECTIONS OF THE KAM TIN RIVER AND ITS CATCHMENT AREAS IN YUEN LONG, KAM TIN AND PAT HEUNG.
IT IS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE OF THE RIVER COURSE AND THE ADJACENT AREAS WHERE LIVESTOCK FARMING ACTIVITIES ARE CONCENTRATED, SAID THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, TODAY.
SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORK ING PARTY ON MEASURES AGAINST AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION IN THE YUEN LONG RIVER CATCHMENT, KAM TIN AND PAT HEUNG AREA, MR LEUNG SAID THE GROUP WAS SET UP IN SEPTEMBER AS PART OF THE EFFORTS UNDER THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY INCLUDE THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT THE HIGHWAYS DIVISION AND THE PORT WORKS DIVISION OF THE PUBLIc WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE.
A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO TACKLE AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION AND IMPROVE SANITATION OF THE AREA NEAR PAT HEUNG AND KAM TIN HAVE BEEN PLANNED AND AGREED, MR LEUNG SAID.
DREDGING OPERATION AT FIVE HEAVILY POLLUTED SITES ALONG KAM TIN RIVER INCLUDING PAT HEUNG OFF FAN KAM ROAD, KAM TIN BRIDGE NEAR KAM TIN VEGETABLE MARKET, SHEK KONG CAMP OPPOSITE TO THE EASTERN GATE, KO PO BRIDGE ON KAM TIN ROAD AND HUNG MO BRIDGE WAS LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER.
THE HIGHWAYS (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION HAD COMMISSIONED CONTRACTORS TO DREDGE THE RIVER COURSE AS WIDE AND AS DEEP AS POSSIBLE. A TOTAL OF 6 500 CUBIC METRES OF POLLUTANTS WAS CLEARED AWAY DURING THE EXERCISE WHICH COMPLETED LAST WEEK.
IN ADDITION, THE HIGHWAYS (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION HAS ALSO INCREASED THE FREQUENCY OF DESILTING THE YUEN LONG NULLAH TO TWICE A YEAR AT THE SECTIONS WITHIN THE TOWN SECTIONS WILL BE CLEARED ONCE A YEAR AS AN ON-GOING EXERCISE.
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS NOW CARRYING OUT A TWO-MONTH-LONG CLEARANCE AT VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE RIVER TOTALLING 13 KILOMETRES. THIS CLEAN-UP DRIVE WILL BE COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF DECEMBER.
ANOTHER PHASE OF OPERATION AT OTHER SECTIONS OF THE KAM TIN RIVER WILL BE MOUNTED BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MAY NEXT YEAR AS PART OF THE RURAL AREA CLEAN-UP DURING THE COURSE OF THE ON-GOING CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
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