SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1984
VILLAGERS URGED TO BOIL WELL WATER BEFORE DRINKING
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VILLAGERS IN REMOTE AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS ARE BEING ADVISED TO BOIL ALL WATER DRAWN FROM WELLS AND STAMS BEFORE DRINKING.
WELL AND STREAM WATER MIGHT CONTAIN BACTERIA HARMFUL TO HEALTH, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
HE ALSO WARNED PICNICKERS AND OTHER VISITORS TO THE AREAS ABOUT THE DANGER.
POLLUTION OF THE WATER HAD BEEN CAUSED BY CARELESS DUMPING OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND RUBBISH AND POOR SANITATION IN THE SURROUNDING AREA OF WELLS, HE SAID.
NTSD STAFF ARE CARRYING A DAILY CHLORINATION OF SOME 160 WELLS LIKELY TO BE USED BY VILLAGERS, HE ADDED.
WARNING SIGNS ARE ALSO BEING PUT UP NEAR WELLS WHERE NECESSARY, AND HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE CONSTANTLY VISITING VILLAGERS TO GIVE THEM ADVICE ABOUT DRINKING WATER OTHER THAN MAINS
WATER WHERE STANDPIPES ARE AVAILABLE.
COPIES OF INFORMATION LEAFLET ON THE SAFE USE OF WELL WATER ARE ALSO BEING DISTRIBUTED TO THE VILLAGERS DURING THE VISITS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
DEAN OF MUSIC VISITS MUSIC CENTRES
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THE NEWLY APPOINTED DEAN OF MUSIC OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, MR ANGUS WATSON TODAY (SATURDAY) VISITED TWO MUSIC CENTRES IN KOWLOON TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE MUSIC OFFICE.
MR WATSON, WHO IS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, FIRST VISITED THE MONG KOK MUSIC CENTRE WHERE HE SAW SEVERAL CHINESE INSTRUMENTAL CLASSES IN PROGRESS, AND LISTENED TO PRACTICES BY THE CHINESE FOLK SINGING CHILDREN'S ENSEMBLE AND THE MUSIC OFFICE YOUTH CHOIR.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MR BENJAMIN TANG, AND THE ASSISTANT MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MR THOMAS WANG, MR WATSON LATER CALLED AT THE YAU MA TEI MUSIC CENTRE WHERE HE WATCHED THE REHEARSAL OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA.
HE WILL VISIT VARIOUS OTHER MUSIC CENTRES IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE ACADEMY'S DEAN OF MUSIC.
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