SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1982
IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE OF VILLAGE CLEANSING
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RURAL LEADERS OF BOTH SA KUNG AND YUEN LONG DISTRICTS WERE IMPRESSED BY THE CLEANSING WORK UNDERTAKEN BY LOCAL BODIES UNDER A PILOT CONTRACTING OUT SCHEME LAUNCHED IN MAY THIS YEAR.
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TOURED TAI PO TSAI AND HANG HAU TOWN IN SAI KUNG AND WANG TOI SHAN IN YUEN LONG ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS LAST WEEK AND SAW FOR THEMSELVES THE WORK BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE VILLAGERS,
AS MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT TEAMS, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACTING OUT SERVICES AT THE VILLAGES AND ENSURING THE STANDARD OF CLEANSING.
THE PILOT CONTRACTING OUT CLEANSING SERVICES WORTH $475 000 WERE AWARDED TO THE LOCAL BODIES OF TAI PO TSAI AND HANG HAU TOWN IN SAI KUNG, WANG TOI SHAN IN YUEN LONG AND LUNG KWU TAN IN TUEN MUN FOR A PERIOD OF NINE MONTHS.
THE SCHEME WAS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING VILLAGERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLEANSING THEIR OWN PLACE OF RESIDENCE. UNDER THE AGREEMENT, THE RURAL ORGANISATIONS WOULD CARRY OUT THE NORMAL DUTIES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT CLEANSING STAFF.
THESE INCLUDED DAILY SWEEPING OF ROADS, PATHS AND PUBLIC AREAS, EMPTYING LITTER CONTAINERS, CLEANSING PUBLIC TOILETS CLEARING RUBBISH COLLECTION POINTS AND BIN SITES AND REMOVING GARBAGE FROM DESIGNATED REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS.
THE RURAL BODIES WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING BEACHES, OPEN DITCHES, SURFACE CHANNELS, NULLAH, STREAM AND RIVER COURSES FREE OF RUBBISH.
TAKING PART IN THE TOUR IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT WERE A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR LEE HOK-MING, A DISTRICT OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE, MISS HO PO-CHU, AND THE DEPUTY URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, HÀ CHÒI YEUNG HUNG.
AT YUEN LONG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR TANG TAK-KOU, THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR JAMES WILSON, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR PONG KIN-HONG, VISITED WANG TO SHAN.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE IR TOURS, MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT TEAMS SAID THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH PERFORMANCE OF THE LOCAL AGENTS' CLEANSING SERVICES.
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