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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1985
IN REGARD TO THE EXTERMINATION OF RATS IN THE AREAS, MR SULKE SAID MEASURES BEING TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S DISTRICT STAFF INCLUDED PROMPT RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS AND SYSTEMATIC BLOCK-TO-BLOCK ANTI-RODENT CONTROL PROGRAMMES CARRIED OUT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
WEEKLY VISITS ARE ALSO PAID BY PEST CONTROL STAFF TO RODENT BLACK SPOTS, BI-WEEKLY VISITS TO REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS, AND MONTHLY VISITS TO GODOWNS AND CARGO HANDLING AREAS.
IN ADDITION, HE ADDED, PERIODIC ANTI-RODENT CAMPAIGNS WERE CARRIED OUT AT SELECTED AREAS, AIMED AT REDUCING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE RAT POPULATION IN THE DISTRICTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985 AN EXTENSIVE ANTI-RODENT CAMPAIGN WAS CARRIED OUT IN TSIM SHA TSUI, AS A RESULT OF WHICH 99 DEAD RATS WERE COLLECTED AND 151 RAT HOLES AS WELL AS 40 TREE PITS WERE FILLED. THE RAT POPULATION IN THE AREA WAS THUS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL.
AS TO WASTE FOOD OR LEFT-OVERS FROM FOOD PREMISES IN THE TWO DISTRICTS, MR SULKE SAID THAT ON THE WHOLE THEY WERE CONSIDERED PROPERLY DISPOSED OF.
+NO WARNING LETTERS HAVE HAD TO BE ISSUED OR PROSECUTION TAKEN OUT AGAINST IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF FOOD WASTE IN THESE DISTRICTS DURING THE PAST 10 MONTHS.+
MR SULKE APPEALED TO ALL RESTAURANT OWNERS AND OTHERS CONCERNED WITH SUPPLYING FOOD TO THE PUBLIC TO COOPERATE, TO KEEP THE IR PREMISES CLEAN, AND TO MAKE A REPORT IMMEDIATELY THEY NOTICED ANY SIGNS OF RATS SO THAT THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT COULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTION.
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