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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1981
TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE GETS CLEANING
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TWENTY MEMBERS OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED THE TOWN CENTRE OF THE NEW TOWN TO SEE WORK BEING DONE IN THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION.
THEY SAW CLEANSING STAFF OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WORKING HARD AT CLEARING THE VARIOUS RUBBISH-RIDDEN BLACKSPOTS AT TUEN MUN HEUNG SZE WU! ROAD, YAN CHING STREET AND KA! MAN PATH.
THE MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED BY THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER IN TUEN MUN, MR YUE KAI-CHIU, ON THE CLEANSING WORK BEING DONE IN THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN.
THEY WERE IMPRESSED BY THE MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE OF THE REAR LANES, OPEN SPACES, CANOPIES AND COMMON PARTS OF A NUMBER OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE, MR NG CHEUK-TAI APPEALED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWN TO SHOULDER THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES IN KEEPING THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND TO MAKE THE TOWNSHIP A PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE IN.
MORE THAN 30 CLEANSING WORKERS OF THE NTSD REMOVED ABOUT 20 TONNES OF REFUSE AND JUNK AT VARIOUS BLACKSPOTS DURING TODAY'S OPERATION. WASHING VEHICLES WERE ALSO USED TO WASH AWAY THE DEBRIS AT REAR LANES.
SPORTS GROUND OPENING ***
THE $8.3 MILLION TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 17) AT 3.30 PM BY THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT. A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 2 PM. STAFF OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION UNIT WILL ASSIST MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.
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