WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1985
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COMMITTEE HEARS ABOUT RSD ISLANDS WORK
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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT DEPLOYS A WORK FORCE OF 461 TO LOOK AFTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT AND ANOTHER 135 TO PROMOTE RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND MANAGE FACILITIES.
THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL.
THE DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT (ISLANDS), MR IP KI-TIT, SAID THAT 360 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN PUBLIC CLEANSING WORK IN THE DISTRICT, COLLECTING AN AVERAGE OF 45 TONNES OF REFUSE DAILY. EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE REFUSE WAS CONVEYED BY HIRED BARGES TO THE KWAI CHUNG INCINERATION PLANT FOR DISPOSAL.
MR IP ALSO SAID HIS ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SECTION HAD SIX DISTRICT HEALTH INSPECTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES, INCLUDING PERIODICAL INSPECTION OF LICENSED PREMISES, DETECTION AND ABATEMENT OF SANITARY NUISANCES, RODENT AND PEST CONTROL, WATER HYGIENE, FOOD ENFORCEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION. THERE WERE 292 ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WERE LICENSED OR ISSUED WITH PERMITS, MOST OF THEM RESTAURANTS OR FOOD FACTORIES.
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THE DISTRICT HAS TWO PUBLIC MARKETS THE TAI O MARKET AND THE PENG CHAU MARKET - UNDER THE RSD'S MANAGEMENT.
THE DISTRICT ALSO HAS FIVE PUBLIC LIBRARIES - ON CHEUNG CHAU, TAI 0, SOUTH LAMMA, PING CHAU AND MUI WO.
BOARD TO DISCUSS PORNOGRAPHY
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THE FINDINGS OF A SURVEY ON THE EFFECTS OF PORNOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS WILL BE REPORTED IN THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
AN OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS WORKING GROUP CONSISTING OF BOARD MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAD BEEN SET UP IN JUNE TO STUDY THE PROBLEM IN DETAIL AND TO FORMULATE SOLUTIONS,
THE WORKING GROUP INTERVIEWED A TOTAL OF 1 500 YOUTHS AND ADULTS INCLUDING PARENTS, TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS,
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