WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1985
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RSD SERVICES IN YUEN LONG OUTLINED
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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS ASSIGNED A WORK FORCE OF OVER 870 TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES IN THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT.
SPEAKING AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPER INTENDENT, MR CHAN KING-KAI, SAID THE FIGURE INCLUDED 626 STAFF AND A FLEET OF 16 SPECIALISED VEHICLES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMOVAL OF 120 TONNES OF REFUSE AND JUNK DAILY.
+ THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE COVERS PUBLIC CLEANSING, DISTRICT HYGIENE WORK AND MANAGEMENT OF HAWKERS AND MARKETS. PUBLIC CLEANSING INVOLVES STREET SWEEPING, STREET WASHING, CLEANSING OF ROAD GULLIES, DE SLUDGING OF SEPTIC TANKS, PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF 219 REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND 215 PUBLIC TOILETS AND BATHHOUSES AND DOG TOILETS, + MR CHAN SAID.
DISTRICT HYGIENE WORK, UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S HEALTH INSPECTORATE, INVOLVES THE REGULAR INSPECTION AND CONTROL OF 604 LICENSED PREMISES, DETECTION AND ABATEMENT OF SANITARY NUISANCES, 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 BUSINESS.
+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. THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR RAIDING ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES, ARRESTING OFFENDERS AND SEIZING ILLEGALLY SLAUGHTERED ANIMAL CARCASSES, + HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, SIX GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS ARE ASSIGNED TO THE HAWKER BLACK SPOTS FOR STATIC CONTROL AND RAIDING DUTIES WHILE SIX PUBLIC MARKETS, INCLUDING THREE COOKED FOOD MARKETS, AND THREE HAWKER BAZAARS ARE MANAGED BY A SEPARATE STREAM OF STAFF.
SPEAKING ON THE PROVISION OF RECREATION, SPORTS AND AMENITIES SERVICES, THE DISTRICT LEISURE MANAGER (YUEN LONG), MR LAM TIN-KEE, SAID THESE COVERED THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC PLEASURE GROUNDS, THE ONLY GAZETTED STADIUM IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS AND PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS, AND THE UPKEEP OF ANCILLARY FACILITIES.
+ THE RSD INITIATES AND DEVELOPS RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMMES FOR ALL AGE GROUPS AND ASSISTS THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE MAXIMUM USE OF LEISURE FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT, MR LAM SAID.
HE REPORTED THAT FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, 117 PROJECTS WERE ORGANISED AT A COST OF $218 980, INVOLVING ALTOGETHER 7 661 PARTICIPANTS. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WERE JOINTLY ORGANISED WITH LOCAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, AND THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD.
/THE COMMITTEE