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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1985
SPECIAL CLEAN-UP OPERATION ON APLEICHAU
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THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO LAUNCH A SPECIAL CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN ON APLEICHAU NEXT WEEK TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION THERE.
THE CAMPAIGN WHICH WILL COVER ALL PARTS OF THE ISLAND, WILL BE HELD FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID LOCAL
RESIDENTS COULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET RID OF UNWANTED ARTICLES AND DISPOSE OF THEM AT THE APLEICHAU MAIN STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINT.
ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY JUNK AND REFUSE COLLECTION
POINTS WILL ALSO BE SET UP.
DURING THE WEEK-LONG CLEAN-UP, A SPECIAL CLEANSING SQUAD COMPRISING AN OVERSEER, A FOREMAN AND 11 WORKMEN WILL BE DEPLOYED TO REMOVE ALL UNSIGHTLY POSTERS, REFUSE AND JUNK FROM BLACK SPOTS.
A STREET WASHING GANG MADE UP OF A GANGER AND THREE WORKMEN WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEARING REFUSE IN ACCESSIBLE SURFACE CHANNELS, NULLAHS AND STREAMS.
IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT'S PEST CONTROL SECTION WILL ELIMINATE POTENTIAL RODENT HARBOURAGES AND MOSQUITO BREEDING GROUNDS IN PUBLIC PLACES.
THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST LITTER OFFENDERS ON THE ISLAND.
TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATE INTEREST RATE DOWN
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FROM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) THE NEW ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES WILL BE 4.08 PER CENT (TAX FREE) AS AGAINST THE CURRENT RATE OF 4.56 PER CENT (TAX FREE).
NOTICE OF THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY ISSUE OF THE GAZETTE YESTERDAY.
INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES IS CALCULATED IN MONTHLY INTEREST STEPS AND THE NEW RATE WILL BE $0.34 PER MONTH PER $100. WILL BE CREDITED AS BEFORE IN RESPECT OF COMPLETED MONTHS BETWEEN PURCHASE AND SURRENDER IN PAYMENT OF TAX.
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