WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 19o
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CLEAN HK DRIVE SEEN AS A SUCCESS
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NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, HAD BEEN A SUCCESS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON DENIS BRAY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
ANSWERING A QUESTION BY THE HON CHARLES YEUNG, MR BRAY SAID THAT WHILE THE CAMPAIGN IS TO END ON DECEMBER 31, +THERE WILL BE NO LET-UP IN THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.+
MR BRAY SAID THAT ONE-THIRD OF PEOPLE SURVEYED FELT THAT THINGS WERE ABOUT THE SAME, WHILE FIVE PER CENT THOUGHT HONG KONG WAS DIRTIER NOW.
HE SAID ALSO THAT ALTHOUGH THE PENALTIES FOR LITTERING HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, THE FINES ACTUALLY IMPOSED HAD, AFTER AN INITIAL INCREASE FOLLOWING THE LAUNCHING OF THE CAMPAIGN, DROPPED BACK TO PRE-CAMPAIGN LEVELS.
+THIS IS PUZZLING. ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT IN THE FACE OF CONTINUING EVIDENCE OF THIS DISREGARD OF SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS PENALTIES WOULD BE STEADILY INCREASED AND NOT REDUCED, HE ADDED.
REFERRING TO COUNTRYSIDE AND BEACH OUTINGS, MR BRAY SAID HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHTLESSNESS OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE SPECIAL OUTINGS TO ENJOY THE COUNTRYSIDE BECAUSE IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND WHO DESTROY BEAUTY FOR OTHERS.
SOMETHING, MR BRAY SAID HOWEVER, CERTAINLY HAD BEEN ACHIEVED. THOUSANDS HAD HELPED AND IT WOULD BE STRANGE IF NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE.
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+LITTER IS A DISGUSTING MARK OF THOUGHTLESSNESS AND CAN ONLY BE ELIMINATED BY PERSONAL EFFORT BY EVERYONE. HONG KONG PEOPLE WANT A CLEAN HONG KONG THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED IF WE TAKE JUST A LITTLE MORE CARE, HE SAID.
HOSPITAL NOISE PROBLEM
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THE MEDICAL COMMITTEE OF THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE WILL HAVE TO EXAMINE THE PROBLEM OF NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION AFFECTING THE HOSPITAL, BEFORE SUBMITTING PROPOSALS TO THE GOVERNMENT TO SUBVENT AIR-CONDITIONING IN THE WARDS, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON K.L. THONG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
DR THONG SAID A LETTER FROM THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE HOSPITAL ON THE MATTER HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO.
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