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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1982
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAD IDENTIFIED SERIOUS HYGIENE PROBLEMS AND FIRE RISKS POSED BY THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND HAD DECIDED TO DEMOLISH THEM.
THE CLEARANCE INVOLVED THE DEMOLITION OF 79 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES, FIVE WORKSHOPS AND ONE SHRINE.
REHOUSING NEEDS OF THOSE AFFECTED HAD BEEN EXAMINED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND ELIGIBLE OCCUPANTS HAD BEEN OFFERED RESETTLEMENT OR CASH COMPENSATION.
THE DISTRICT OFFICE. THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE. THE LANDS AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS ALSO HELPED IN THE OPERATION.
CLEAN-UP CONTEST IN NORTH DISTRICT VILLAGES *****
A CLEAN-THE-VILLAGE COMPETITION STARTED TODAY IN EIGHT NORTH DISTRICT VILLAGES TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO TIDY-UP THEIR HOMES + COINCIDING WITH THE FINAL PHASE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
THE COMPETITION IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE VILLAGERS' CLEAN-UP EFFORT WILL BE ASSESSED BY A PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS COMPRISING NORTH DISTRICT RURAL LEADERS.
TO LAUNCH THE COMPETITION, A BRIEF CEREMONY WAS HELD BEFORE A GROUP OF VILLAGERS AT HO SHEUNG HEUNG TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME SOME 50 SCHOOL CHILDREN DID SOME CLEANING UP AT VARIOUS REFUSE- RIDDEN BLACKSPOTS.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE COMPETITION, MR LAU TIN-FUK,
MR LAU TIN-FUK, URGED HIS FELLOW VILLAGERS TO HELP MAKE THE IR VILLAGE A MORE PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE IN BY DISPOSING OF LITTER PROPERLY.
+WITHOUT WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT FROM OTHER VILLAGERS, THERE WILL BE NO LASTING BENEFIT, MR LAU SAID.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE FUNCTION TODAY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF NORTH DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR LIU CHING- LEUNG, THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF NORTH, MR LAW WAI-MING,
THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, NORTH, MR MAK CHING-HUNG, AND THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE OF HO SHEUNG HEUNG, MR HAU TAK-MING.
SEVEN OTHER VILLAGES IN THE NORTH DISTRICT WHICH JOINED THE CLEAN VILLAGE COMPETITION ARE MA CHO LUNG, CHUNG YUEN HA, KAN TAU WAI, KUK PO, LAI CHI WO, MA MEI HA AND LING TSAI.
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