THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 19bc
CLEAN-UP CONTEST IN TAI PO MARKETS
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MORE THAN 500 STALL HOLDERS IN TAI PO TOOK PART IN A THREE-DAY CAMPAIGN TO CLEAN UP THEIR MARKETS.
THEY WERE TRADERS OF TAI PO GOVERNMENT MARKET, KUK TENG MARKET, CHE PING HAWKER BAZAAR AND PO YICK HAWKER BAZAAR.
A MARKET COINCIDING WITH THE CAMPAIGN WHICH ENDED TODAY, STALL CLEANLINESS COMPETITION WAS HELD AMONG TRADERS AT TAI PO GOVERNMENT MARKET AND KUK TENG MARKET.
BOTH THE CAMPAIGN AND THE CONTEST WERE ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE AND VARIOUS HAWKERS ASSOCIATIONS IN TAI PO.
RESULTS OF THE COMPETITION WERE ASSESSED BY A PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS CONSISTING OF THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TAI PO. MR NG YING-NEEN, RURAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF TRADERS ASSOCIATIONS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG WAI-LAM, PRESIDED OVER A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY HELD AT TAI PO GOVERNMENT MARKET TODAY.
SOUVENIRS WERE PRESENTED TO NINE TRADERS WITH THE CLEANEST
STALLS.
MR CHEUNG URGED THE WINNERS TO KEEP UP THEIR HIGH STANDARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.
NGONG PING ACCESS ROAD
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THE ACCESS ROAD TO NGONG PING ON LANTAU ISLAND WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL GOODS VEHICLES EVERY WEEKEND BETWEEN 12 NOON ON SATURDAY AND 12 MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, STARTING FROM DECEMBER 18.
THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL ALSO COME INTO EFFECT ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WITH THE CLOSURE TAKING EFFECT FROM NOON ON THE DAY BEFORE.