SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1984
WORKSHOP FOR AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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A WORKSHOP ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION FOR AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN WAN CHAT WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE TWO-AND-A-HALF HOUR SEMINAR WILL COVER A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS, INCLUDING THE FUNCTIONS, STRUCTURE AND FUTURE WORK DIRECTION OF AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT.
THE SPEAKERS WILL BE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MRS ADA CHUNG, AND CHAIRMEN OF THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A DISCUSSION SESSION AND A 20-MINUTE VIDEO PRESENTATION ON THE WORK OF THE WAN CHA! DISTRICT BOARD.
NEW LOGO FOR REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS
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A NEW LOGO HAS BEEN PUT UP RECENTLY AT SOME 700 REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND BIN SITES THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IT WAS HOPED THAT THE LOGO WOULD PROMPT THE PUBLIC TO USE THE FACILITIES TO DISPOSE OF SUCH BULKY HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES AS FURNITURE, TELEVISION AND RADIO SETS, AIR CONDITIONERS, REFRIGERATORS AND WASHING MACHINES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
BUT HE STRESSED THAT TRADE OR INDUSTRIAL WASTE MAY NOT BE DUMPED AT THESE FACILITIES. SHOP OR FACTORY OPERATORS SHOULD MAKE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THEIR WASTE.
DISCARDING REFUSE AT PUBLIC PLACES OR AT COMMON PARTS OF BUILDINGS IS AN OFFENCE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT, THE SPOKESMAN WARNED.
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