SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1982
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MASSIVE CLEAN-UP OF TSING YI LAGOON
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A MASSIVE TWO-WEEK LONG CLEAN-UP OPERATION IS UNDERWAY ON TSING YI LAGOON WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING A HEALTHIER AND MORE PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT FOR SOME 3 400 PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON STILT- SUPPORTED WOODEN HUTS IN THE AREA.
BUT THE SUCCESS OF THE OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN ON TUESDAY, WILL ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES WHO HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR INDISCRIMINATELY DUMPING THE HUGE AMOUNTS OF DOMESTIC GARBAGE, BULKY ITEMS, WOODEN PLANKS, AND EMPTY CANS AND BOTTLES INTO THE WATER BENEATH THE IR HUTS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
AS A RESULT OF THIS DUMPING, THE HUGE MASS OF RUBBISH AND FILTH HAS BEEN EMITTING TERRIBLE ODOURS, AND SOME OF THE AREAS OF STAGNANT WATER HAVE BEEN BREEDING GROUNDS FOR MOSQUITOES.
DESPITE THE HEAVY RAINS DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS, SOME 30 WORKERS OF THE KWAI CHUNG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE HAVE ALREADY REMOVED ABOUT 50 TONNES OF REFUSE FROM THE LAGOON.
+MORE THAN 100 TONNES OF RUBBISH REMAIN TO BE CLEARED,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
A HARBOUR SWEEPER AND THREE SAMPANS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WERE BEING USED TO HELP REMOVE THE RUBBISH, BUT THE WORK HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING INTO SOME AREAS BLOCKED BY THE STILT-SUPPORTS OF THE WOODEN HUTS.
MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS TO BREAK AWAY FROM THEIR LITTER-DUMPING HABIT, AND THREE TEMPORARY REFUSE- COLLECTION POINTS HAVE BEEN SET UP AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD TO KEEP DUSTBINS IN THEIR HOMES AND TIDY UP THEIR LIVING SPACE, AND TO HELP MAINTAIN A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT AFTER THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION.
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