SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1983
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OPERATION TO ERADICATE MOSQUITO-BREEDING GROUNDS
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS CARRYING OUT AN EXTENSIVE OPERATION IN SAI KUNG TO ERADICATE BREEDING GROUNDS FOR MALARIA-CARRYING MOSQUITOES.
SINCE EARLY THIS MONTH, TWO PEST CONTROL TEAMS OF THE SAI KUNG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE HAVE BEEN INSPECTING POTENTIAL BREEDING PLACES OF SUCH MOSQUITOES IN THE REGION.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS PAID TO STREAM COURSES AND HILLSIDES AS MOSQUITOES TEND TO BREED IN STAGNANT CLEAR WATER.
LARVICIDES ARE SPRAYED ON THE WATER SURFACE WHERE MOSQUITO BREEDING IS DETECTED.
ROCKS AND UNDERGROWTH BLOCKING UP RIVER COURSES ARE BEING CLEARED AWAY.
ABANDONED FIELDS IN SAI KUNG HAVE ALSO BEEN INSPECTED AND PUDDLES CLEARED UP.
MEANWHILE, SIMILAR OPERATIONS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE PUBLIC ARE BEING URGED TO REPORT ANY SUSPECTED MOSQUITO- BREEDING PLACES TO THEIR URBAN SERVICES OFFICES.
+AS MOSQUITOES BREED ONLY IN STAGNANT WATER. THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND SIMPLE WAY TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM IS BY DENYING THEM ACCESS TO WATER, AN NTSD SPOKESMAN SAID.
LIFE-SAVING COMPETITION IN YUEN LONG
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MORE THAN 200 PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR LIFE-SAVING EXPERTS WILL DEMONSTRATE THE IR TECHNIQUES AT THE NEW TERRITORIES LIFE- SAVING OPEN COMPETITION TO BE HELD AT THE YUEN LONG PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
THE COMPETITION, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB, WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM.
THERE WILL BE SEVEN EVENTS FOR BOTH THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SECTIONS.
THERE WILL BE SEPARATE SUB-SECTIONS FOR PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS IN THE MEN'S EVENTS,
THE DIRECTOR