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SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1983
A SPECIAL CLEANSING SQUAD HAS BEEN SENT TO TIDY UP HAM TIN BEACH, CHEUNG SHA BEACH, PUI O BEACH, SHAP LONG BEACH, TAI LONG WAN, Y LONG WAN, MONG TUNG WAN, TONG FUK BEACH AND KAM SHA WAN ON SOUTH LANTAU WHILE ANOTHER HAS BEEN DEPLOYED AT TUNG WAN TAU, CHEUNG SHA LAN, SHEK LAM CHAU, SHEK PIK TUNG WAN, MAN KOK TSUI AND PAK MONG WAN ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND.
MORE THAN 200 BASKETS OF REFUSE HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AT THESE BEACHES, RESTORING THEM TO THEIR NATURAL BEAUTY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID THAT REFUSE DUMPED INTO THE SEA, PARTICULARLY OFF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN COAST OF LANTAU ISLAND, WOULD DRIFT ONTO THESE BEACHES,
HE URGED FISHERMEN AND PEOPLE CRUISING ON BOATS NOT TO DUMP THE IR REFUSE INTO THE WATER.
+DUMPING RUBBISH INTO THE SEA MAY BRING A MAXIMUM FINE OF 15 000 AND A POSSIBLE JAIL SENTENCE OF SIX MONTHS TO THE OFFENDERS, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TV SET FOR YUEN LONG ELDERLY
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MORE THAN 100 ELDERLY PEOPLE AND OTHER REGULAR USERS OF THE KAM TIN SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR FAVOURITE TELEVISION PROGRAMMES.
AT A BRIEF CEREMONY TODAY, THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, PRESENTED A TV SET TO THE CENTRE TO ENABLE THE PEOPLE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CHOICE OF ENTERTAINMENT DURING THEIR LEISURE TIME.
THE COLOUR TV SET HAS BEEN DONATED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD IN SUPPORT OF THE TERRITORY-WIDE SALVATION ARMY WEEK.
TO MATCH THE TV SET, MR WILSON ALSO PRESENTED TO THE CENTRE A VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER WHICH HE WON IN A RAFFLE DURING A RECENT SPRING RECEPTION.
BESIDES RUNNING A CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOME FOR THE ELDERLY AND A NURSERY FOR 80 CHILDREN, THE SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE ALSO ORGANISES VARIOUS ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE MR TANG CHI-LEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE KAM TIN RURAL COMMITTEE, AND MR TANG NAI-MAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICE COMMITTEE.