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AT CLEAR WATER BAY, THEY WATCHED BEACH CLEANING OPERATIONS BEING CARRIED OUT BY NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF.
MR HEYWOOD SAID THAT MUCH OF THE WASTE DUMPED BY PEOPLE WAS PROUGHT BY THE TIDES ONTO THE CLEAR WATER BAY BEACHES.
THE TAXPAYER WAS BEING CALLED UPON TO PAY EVER INCREASING SUMS OF MONEY EACH YEAR TO KEEP THE BEACHES REASONABLY FIT FOR BATHING AND RECREATION, HE SAID.
AT SILVERSTRAND BEACH, MR WAN SAW THE BOOM NET, INTRODUCED LAST YEAR TO PREVENT THE SEA-BORNE REFUSE FROM FLOATING INTO THE SWIMMING AREA.
BEFORE LEAVING SAI KUNG THEY SAW WORK PROGRESSING ON A MODERN MARKET IN THE CENTRE OF SAI KUNG.
THE MARKET IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND, WILL ACCOMMODATE ALL ELIGIBLE ON-STREET HAWKERS CURRENTLY PLYING IN THE OLD MARKET AREA.
THE HAWKERS WILL MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN AREA.
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ADDITIONAL GENERAL HOLIDAY IN 1985
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JULY 29, 1985, A MONDAY, HAS BEEN APPOINTED A GENERAL HOLIDAY UNDER AN ORDER PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT IN 1985 CHING MING FESTIVAL AND GOOD FRIDAY, WHICH ARE GENERAL HOLIDAYS UNDER THE HOLIDAYS ORDINANCE, BOTH FALL ON THE SAME DAY, FRIDAY, APRIL 5.
+ IN A YEAR WHERE TWO GENERAL HOLIDAYS COINCIDE, THE ORDINANCE EMPOWERS THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT AN ADDITIONAL GENERAL HOLIDAY, TO AVOID THE LOSS OF A DAY'S HOLIDAY.+
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF MOVING THE DATE OF THE CELEBRATION OF EITHER CHING MING FESTIVAL OR GOOD FRIDAY IN 1985. BOTH FESTIVALS WOULD BE CELEBRATED ON APRIL 5.
COMMENTING ON THE CHOICE OF DATE FOR THE ADDITIONAL GENERAL HOLIDAY IN 1985, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO SPREAD HOLIDAYS EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE POSSIBLE. THERE ARE FEWER HOLIDAYS IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1985 THAN IN THE FIRST HALF, AND THE ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY WILL FALL ROUGHLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A LONG PERIOD IN SUMMER WITHOUT HOLIDAYS.
A MONDAY HAD BEEN CHOSEN TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY A LONG WEEKEND.