MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1982
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CONTRACTS FOR VILLAGE CLEANSING AWARDED
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FOUR AGREEMENTS TOTALLING $475 000 WERE TODAY (MONDAY) AWARDED TO FOUR RURAL ORGANISATIONS FOR TAKING UP THE CLEANSING SERVICES AT FOUR VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE CONTRACTING OUT OF THE CLEANSING SERVICES IS A PILOT SCHEME AIMED AT ENLISTING A GREATER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND PUBLIC SUPPORT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN. IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FROM MAY 1 AND WILL LAST FOR NINE MONTHS.
THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, SIGNED THE AGREEMENTS TODAY WITH FOUR RURAL ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTING TAI PO TSAI VILLAGE AND HANG HAU TOWN IN SAI KUNG LUNG KWU TAAN IN TUEN MUN AND WANG TO SHAN IN YUEN LONG AT THE NTSD HEADQUARTERS.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE AGREEMENT SIGNING WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT, THE CHAIRMAN OF PAT HEUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, MR TANG TAK-KOU, AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES FROM RESPECTIVE AREAS TAKING PART.
ALL SELECTED VILLAGES JOINING THE EXERCISE ARE LED BY PROMINENT COMMUNITY LEADERS OR CREDIBLE ORGANISATIONS AND HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICT BOARDS AND RURAL COMMITTEES.
UNDER THE AGREEMENTS, THE RURAL ORGANISATIONS WILL PERFORM
THE NORMAL DUTIES OF NTSD CLEANSING STAFF.
THEY INCLUDE DAILY SWEEPINGS OF VILLAGE ROADS, PATHS AND PUBLIC AREAS, EMPTYING LITTER CONTAINERS, CLEAN-UP OF PUBLIC TOILETS, CLEARING REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND BIN-SITES AND REMOVING ALL COLLECTED GARBAGE TO DESIGNATED REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS FOR COLLECTION BY NTSD VEHICLES.
THE RURAL ORGANISATIONS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE BEACHES, OPEN DITCHES, SURFACE CHANNELS, NULLAHS, STREAM AND RIVER COURSES FREE OF REFUSE.
MEANWHILE, THE NTSD WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE SPECIAL JOBS SUCH AS THE DESLUDGING OF AQUA PRIVIES AND RENOVATION OF CLEANSING FACILITIES.