WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1985
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RSD SERVICES IN TSUEN WAN *****
THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ASSIGNS A WORK FORCE OF 533 STAFF TO UNDERTAKE AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES AND ANOTHER 173 STAFF TO LOOK AFTER LEISURE FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT (TSUEN WAN), MR WILLIAM KWONG, SAID AN AVERAGE OF 126 TONNES OF REFUSE AND JUNK ARE COLLECTED DAILY BY A FLEET OF 12 SPECIALISED REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES WORKING ON TWO SHIFTS AND INVOLVING A WORK FORCE OF 357 STAFF.
+DISTRICT HYGIENE WORK COVERS THE REGULAR INSPECTION AND CONTROL OF 658 LICENSED PREMISES, DETECTION AND ABATEMENT OF SANITARY NUISANCES, REGULAR INSPECTION OF COMMON PARTS OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS, RODENT AND PEST CONTROL, WATER HYGIENE FOR DRINKING AND SWIMMING SAFETY (INCLUDING SAMPLING FOR CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS), FOOD HYGIENE, AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST UNLICENSED BUSINESSES.
+RSD HEALTH INSPECTORS ALSO UNDERTAKE WORK IN THE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION OF FOOD POISONING AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE MAINTENANCE OF SANITATION IN BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES, + MR KWONG SAID.
MANAGEMENT OF HAWKERS AND MARKETS RESTS MAINLY WITH SEVEN OPERATION GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS. THE GDT'S ARE ASSIGNED TO THE HAWKER BLACK SPOTS AND AREAS OUTSIDE THE FIVE PUBLIC MARKETS AND THREE OFF-STREET HAWKER BAZAARS IN THE DISTRICT.
REPORTING ON THE PROVISION OF LEISURE SERVICES IN TSUEN WAN, THE DISTRICT LEISURE MANAGER (TSUEN WAN), MR LEE HUNG-CHEONG, SAID THAT 253 RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANISED FROM APRIL TO AUGUST 1985. THEY ATTRACTED 10 067 PARTICIPANTS.
+THE 173 STAFF OF THE LEISURE SERVICES SECTION ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF 9.677 HECTARES OF PARKS AND PLAYGROUND, EIGHT HECTARES OF ROADSIDE AMENITY AREAS, 18 GOVERNMENT COMPOUNDS, EIGHT BEACHES AND PLANT NURSERY PRODUCTION,+ MR LEE SAID.
THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ARE CENTRED AROUND THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AND TSUEN WAN PUBLIC LIBRARY.
+THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL IS REGARDED AS THE CULTURAL CENTRE NOT ONLY BY RESIDENTS OF TSUEN WAN BUT ALSO OF NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS. A WIDE RANGE OF CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING CHINESE OPERAS, DRAMAS, VARIETY SHOWS AND CONCERTS ARE HELD IN THE TOWN HALL, THE DEPARTMENT'S CULTURAL SERVICES OFFICER, MR Y.C. LO, SAID.
/MR LO