SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1984
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NET TO TRAP SEA-BORNE REFUSE
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A BOOM TO TRAP SEA-BORNE REFUSE HAS JUST BEEN INSTALLED AS A TRIAL SCHEME AT SILVERSTRAND BEACH IN SAI KUNG.
+ IF THE SCHEME PROVES SUCCESSFUL, IT WILL BE EXTENDED TO OTHER PUBLIC BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ON OUTLYING ISLANDS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
A DAILY AVERAGE OF 150 BASKETS OF REFUSE WAS COLLECTED LAST MONTH BY NTSD CLEANSING WORKERS.
THE BOOM, SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE AT BEACHES, WOULD REDUCE MANPOWER EMPLOYED TO KEEP BEACHES CLEAN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IT ALSO SERVES TO DEMARCATE THE SAFETY BOUNDARY FOR SWIMMERS.
THE $65 000 BOOM IS MADE OF NYLON NETTING AND HAS 1 100 PLASTIC BALLS TO KEEP IT AFLOAT.
A NUMBER OF GALVANISED IRON PIPES ARE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PORTION TO KEEP THE NET IN POSITION.
THE TRAPPED REFUSE WILL BE COLLECTED REGULARLY BY CLEANSING WORKERS.
COMMUNITY CHEST GETS DISTRICT SUPPORT *****
A DISTRICT-BASED COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY CHEST HAS BEEN FORMED IN SHAM SHUI PO.
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THE COMMITTEE, CALLED +SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNITY CHEST+, IS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE. IT COMPRISES DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS LOCAL BODIES.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SYLVESTER TSE, SAID THE COMMITTEE
WAS CHARGED WITH TWO OBJECTIVES.
+FIRST, IT AIMS TO BETTER COORDINATE ENTHUSIASTIC PERSONALITIES AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT TO SUPPORT AND TAKE PART IN FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES OF THE CHEST.
+SECOND, IT WILL SERVE AS AN ADDITIONAL PLATFORM WHERE RESIDENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS CAN MEET TO FOSTER COMMUNITY COHESION, HE SAID.
/IN RESPONSE