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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1984
KEEPING CHEUNG CHAU FREE FROM REFUSE
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THE JOB OF KEEPING CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND CLEAN AND GREEN AND FREE FROM REFUSE FOR ITS 40 000 RESIDENTS HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL PROBLEM TO A BIG ONE.
THE TINY ISLAND WAS ONCE ABLE TO GET RID OF ITS DOMESTIC REFUSE BY BURNING IT IN THE SMALL, TRADITIONAL AND VILLAGE-TYPE INCINERATORS.
HOWEVER THE AVERAGE REFUSE YIELD HAS SINCE GROWN TO SOME 16 TONNES A DAY, AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS HAD TO RESORT TO A DAILY SERVICE TO REMOVE THE RUBBISH BY BARGE TO THE KWAI CHUNG INCINERATOR.
THE SMALL VILLAGE-TYPE INCINERATORS WERE NOT ONLY FAILING TO COPE WITH THE GROWING VOLUME OF REFUSE, BUT WERE ALSO ADD ING CONSIDERABLY TO AIR POLLUTION.
CHECKING ON REMOVAL WORK TODAY WERE MR KWONG PING-YAU, A NEW UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN'S NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WITH HIM WERE THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, AND THE ISLANDS URBAN SERVICES OFFICER, MR STEPHEN IP KI-TIT.
+THE GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND THE HILLY TERRAIN COMBINE TO MAKE THE JOB OF KEEPING CHEUNG CHAU CLEAN AN EXPENSIVE AND LABOUR-INTENSIVE OPERATION,+ MR KWONG SAID.
HE CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC - RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE – TO COOPERATE BY DISCARDING THEIR REFUSE ONLY IN THE BINS AND RECEPTACLES PROVIDED.
THE GROUP WERE LATER TOLD ABOUT THE LONG-TERM PLANS FOR THE BUILDING OF A MODERN INCINERATOR AT TAI KWAI WAN TO DEAL WITH THE REFUSE.
THEY THEN VISITED THE NEWLY COMPLETED SITTING-OUT AREA AT TUNG KOON SUN TSUEN TO SEE SOME OF THE HORTICULTURAL WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SCHEME TO KEEP BUILDINGS CLEAN
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PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT WILL BE GIVEN AWARDS FOR KEEPING THE BUILDINGS CLEAN AND TIDY.
A CLEAN PUBLIC HOUSING COMPETITION AMONG THE DISTRICT'S 56 HOUSING BLOCKS, IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD'S CLEAN HONG KONG WORKING GROUP.
IT IS AIMED AT AROUSING RESIDENTS' AWARENESS ABOUT KEEPING THEIR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN.
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