SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1983
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SPECIAL ANTI-FLY TREATMENT IS ALSO BEING GIVEN TO REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS, BIN SITES, OPEN SPACE, RURAL VILLAGES, TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, HOUSING ESTATES, AND MARKETS.
NEXT WEEK, PEST CONTROL STAFF WOULD EXTEND THIS TREATMENT TO SUI WO COURT, WORLD WIDE GARDEN, SUN TSUI ESTATE, MA ON SHAN VILLAGE, HUNG MÚI KOK, HEUNG FAN LIU VILLAGE AND PAK TIN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
DURING THE EXERCISE THESE OFFICERS WILL ALSO VISIT RESIDENTS TO OFFER TECHNICAL ADVICE ON EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO DEAL WITH THE NUISANCE PRESENTED BY FLIES.
AS FLIES ONLY BREED IN UNHYGIENIC ENVIRONMENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEASURE AGAINST THEM IS TO KEEP ALL PLACES CLEAN.
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO MAKE FULL USE OF LITTER CONTAINERS AND TO DISPOSE OF DOMESTIC REFUSE PROPERLY.
MEANWHILE, HEALTH STAFF OF ALL THE NINE DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE READY TO ASSIST THE PUBLIC IN DEALING WITH THE FLY NUISANCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
YUEN LONG YOUNGSTERS PAINT A MAMMOTH PICTURE
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YOUNGSTERS IN YUEN LONG SPENT THREE HOURS TODAY (SATURDAY) PAINTING A MAMMOTH PICTURE OF CARTOON CHARACTERS ON A 70-METRE HOARDING OUTSIDE A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT TAI TONG ROAD.
ABOUT 60 BOY SCOUTS, GIRL GUIDES AND JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS TOOK PART IN THE PAINTING OF THE PICTURE, WHICH GIVES SOME ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPING NEW TOWN.
THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT WAS ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE AND WAS FUNDED BY THE CHEUNG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED COMPANY AT $10 000.
SPEAKING AT A BRIEF CEREMONY BEFORE THE PAINTING SESSION, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR TANG CHI-LEUNG SAID A SIMILAR PROJECT HELD IN MAY THIS YEAR HAD PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR.
→BY ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN THIS BEAUTIFICATION EXERCISE, IT WILL HELP BUILD UP THEIR SENSE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, HE SAID.
IN MAY, A PICTURE OF THE TIN HAU FESTIVAL GRAND PROCESSION WAS PAINTED ON A 60-METRE HOARDING AT THE JUNCTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND HONG LOK ROAD.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DAVID SKINNER CHAIRMAN OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG YUEN LONG COMMITTEE. MR MAN PING-NAM: AND TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHEUNG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED COMPANY.