FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1984
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FIGHT CRIME GROUP VISITS PRISONS
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THIRTEEN SAI KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE MEMBERS WENT TODAY ON A VISIT TO PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND PIK UK PRISON AT CLEARWATER BAY ROAD,
LED BY THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR WILLIAM WAN AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO, THEY FIRST WENT TO THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, WHERE HALF-DAY EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND HALF-DAY VOCATIONAL TRAINING CLASSES ARE PROVIDED FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE GROUP THEN WENT TO THE ADJACENT MINIMUM SECURITY PIK UK PRISON, WHERE THEY SAW ADULT PRISONERS AT WORK IN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS. HERE, THE GROUP LEARNED ALSO THAT THE MULTI-STOREY LAUNDRY MANNED BY PRISONERS HANDLES 50 000 PIECES OF SOILED LINEN A DAY FOR GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN KOWLOON AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
BIG WATERFRONT CLEAN-UP TO BEGIN
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THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL SOON LAUNCH A MINI-CAMPAIGN TO CLEAN UP THE WATERFRONT CARGO-HANDLING AREAS IN FIVE DISTRICTS.
THE +PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA BLITZ+ WILL BEGIN ON DECEMBER 3 IN WAN CHAI, KWUN TONG, YAU MA TEI, CHAI WAN AND WESTERN DISTRICTS.
IN WAN CHAI, THE CLEAN-UP EXERCISE WILL BE A MONTH-LONG EXPERIMENT IN WHICH TWO FULL-TIME BEATSWEEPERS WILL BE CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES EVERY DAY. AT THE END OF A DAY, THE RUBBISH COLLECTED WILL BE REMOVED BY A SKIP LOADER.
IN THE OTHER FOUR DISTRICTS, SPECIAL CLEANSING SQUADS COMPRISING 21 WORKERS WILL CARRY OUT INTENSIVE CLEAN-UPS FOR THREE DAYS,
TWO COVERED LORRIES, A STREET WASHING VEHICLE AND A REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE WILL BE USED DURING THE OPERATION.
A CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, +MUCH OF THE MATERIAL DISCARDED DURING THE UNCRATING AND UNLOADING OF CARGO EVENTUALLY ENDS UP IN THE HARBOUR. THESE OPERATIONS WILL NOT ONLY HELP TO CLEAN UP THE LAND AREA BUT HOPEFULLY THE WATERS AS WELL.+
A CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN YAU MA TEI PUBLIC CARGO WORK ING AREA ON DECEMBER 3 TO LAUNCH THE EXERCISE.
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