ATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1984
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PUBLIC URGED TO HELP KEEP
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AH CLEAN
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP THE PLUTED TUEN MUN NULLAH WOULD BE FUTILE WITHOUT PUBLIC SUPPORT, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG DRIVE, MR AUGUSTINE NG, SAID TODAY.
MR NG MADE THE REMARK AFTER SEEING A THE NULLAH DURING A TWO-HOUR VISIT TO TUEN
LEAN-UP OPERATION AT MUN.
ACCOMPANYING MR NG ON THE TOUR WERE THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT (OPERATIONS) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR AUTHUR JOHNSON, AND THE DEPUTY URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, MR CHAN CHAI-CHI.
MR NG WAS TOLD THAT INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING OF AGRICULTURAL AND HOUSEHOLD REFUSE OVER THE YEARS HAD SE IOUSLY POLLUTED THE NULLAH.
TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM, THE GOVERN NT HAD SET UP A WORKING PARTY COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES C VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND HAD RECENTLY SPENT $550 000 TO REMOVE REFUSE AT A SECTION OF THE NULLAH.
IN ADDITION, A NEW PUMPING STATION HA BEEN BUILT AT ITS UPPER STREAM TO CHANNEL POLLUTED WATER TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT PILLAR POINT.
THE PARTY NEXT VISITED KAI FAT PATH TO INSPECT A NEW REFUSE COLLECTION POINT CAPABLE OF HANDLING ABOUT 10 TONNES OF REFUSE A DAY.
THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO TUEN MUN CENTRE WHERE MR NG SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE GENERAL CLEANLINESS OF THE COMMON PARTS OF THE MULTI-STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
AT CHING CHUNG KOON A POPULAR TOURIST SPOT, MR NG INSPECTED A NEWLY-BUILT FIBRE-GLASS REFUSE COLLECTION FACILITY,
BEFORE LEAVING, THE PARTY VISITED YEUNG SIU HANG VILLAGE TO SEE CLEANSING FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR SOME 1 200 THERE.
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