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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1982
CONTRACTORS WARNED AGAINST INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING
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BUILDING CONTRACTORS WERE URGED TODAY (SATURDAY) NOT TO SPOIL THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND CAUSE OBSTRUCTION BY DUMPING BUILDING WASTE INDISCRIMINATELY.
THE APPEAL CAME FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF SA! KUNG DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR WAN HON-CHEUNG, WHEN HE TOURED VARIOUS DEBRIS-RIDDEN BLACKSPOTS IN HANG HAU WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THE PARTY SAW WASTE BUILDING MATERIAL DISCARDED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
MR WAN ALSO URGED CONTRACTORS TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE EARTH DUMPING SITE SPECIALLY OPENED FOR THEM AT JUNK BAY,
THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR LAM CHUNG-HUEN, REMINDED CONTRACTORS THAT THEY COULD BE BROUGHT TO COURT TO FACE A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 AND A POSSIBLE JAIL SENTENCE OF SIX MONTHS.
THE TOURING PARTY LATER WATCHED A CLEAN-UP OPERATION LAUNCHED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
ABOUT 50 CLEANSING WORKERS OF SAI KUNG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE WERE DEPLOYED AT OTHER SPOTS INCLUDING SIU HANG HAU TSUEN, PAN LONG WAN, YAU YUE WAN AND HANG HAU TOWN CENTRE THROUGHOUT THE HANG HAU DISTRICT.
THEY REMOVED A TOTAL OF 10 LORRY LOADS OF REFUSE AND JUNK AND GAVE A FACELIFT TO THE WHOLE HANG HAU DISTRICT.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S TOUR WERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MRS LAU NG WAI-LAN, THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR LAM CHUNG-HUEN, AND THE DEPUTY URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR CHOI YEUNG-HUNG.
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