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MR YAP ALSO CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS AND REGISTER AS VOTERS.
+A VOTE IS A VOICE AND THE FIRST STEP IS TO REGISTER BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS,+ HE SAID.
MR YAP THANKED THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE, AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN ORGANISING THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
THIS YEAR, THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BALL GAMES, WORK CAMPS, CHESS COMPETITIONS AND VARIOUS TRAINING COURSES.
A LONG-DISTANCE SWIMMING COMPETITION AND A ROUND-THE-ISLAND RUN WERE HELD ON CHEUNG CHAU TO HIGHLIGHT THE END OF THE PROGRAMME.
APART FROM CHEUNG CHAU, SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ALSO ORGANISED IN THE OTHER SEVEN AREAS OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.
THE ISLANDS DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IS SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD, WITH THE MESSAGE +HEALTH, HELP AND HAPPINESS+.
ANTI-MOSQUITO CAMPAIGN
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO MOUNT ANOTHER EXTENSIVE ANTI-MOSQUITO CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE POTENTIAL MOSQUITO-BREEDING PLACES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL FORM THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS YEAR'S EXERCISE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
DURING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, NTSD PEST CONTROL OFFICERS CARRIED OUT SOME 48 000 INSPECTIONS IN THE NEW TOWNS AND COUNTRYSIDE TO DETECT MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES.
MORE THAN 8 500 MOSQUITO-BREEDING PLACES WERE FOUND AND ACTION WAS TAKEN TO ELIMINATE THEM, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
STARTING ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 10), A SUSTAINED MOSQUITO ERADICATION EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO COINCIDE WITH THE CURRENT HUMID WEATHER, WHICH IS STILL FAVOURABLE FOR MOSQUITO BREEDING. THE EXERCISE WILL LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
/PEST CONFROZ