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OVER 86 ANTI-MOSQUITO INSPECTIONS IN FIRST QUARTER
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AS PART OF ITS CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PREVENT MOSQUITO BREEDING, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S DISTRICT PEST CONTROL STAFF INSPECTED 86 639 HOUSES AND 11 468 BUILDING SITES AND OPEN SPACES IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
AS A RESULT, 1 425 BREEDING PLACES WERE FOUND AND ACTION TAKEN TO ERADICATE THESE SOURCES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, 45 COMPLAINTS OF MOSQUITO BREEDING PLACES WERE RECEIVED RESULTING IN THE ISSUE OF 20 SUMMONSES AGAINST THE OFFENDERS.
MEANWHILE, DISTRICT PEST CONTROL STAFF POISONED
7 229 RODENTS AND TRAPPED SOME 5 409 RODENTS BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH THIS YEAR.
SOME 619 COMPLAINTS OF RODENT INFESTATION WERE ALSO
RECEIVED.
AND IN A BID TO ELIMINATE RODENTS, 167 BLOCK DISINFESTATIONS AND 144 HOLE-BAITING TREATMENTS WERE CARRIED
OUT.
WATER CUT ***
FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO SOME PREMISES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR NINE HOURS FROM 9 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) FOR MAINS WORK.
THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT ALL PREMISES IN WONG CHUK HANG, AP LE! CHAU AND SHUM WAN, INCLUDING 1-9 AND 2-12 SHOUSON HILL ROAD.
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