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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985
MR CHOW, WHO HEADS THE LEISURE SERVICES SECTION OF THE RSD'S TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, SAID THAT THE SECTION IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY BUILDING IN TUEN MUN THROUGH ORGANISATION OF LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
+APART FROM ORGANISING PROGRAMMES JOINTLY WITH THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE TUEN MUN SPORTS ASSOCIATION, ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE ARE FREQUENTLY GIVEN TO OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE PROMOTION OF RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES.+
ON OTHER ASPECTS OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE RSD IN THE DISTRICT WHICH COVERS AN AREA OF 3 130 HECTARES, THE DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT (TUEN MUN), MR FU KAM-HUNG, SAID AN AVERAGE OF 163 TONNES OF REFUSE AND JUNK ARE COLLECTED DAILY BY
A FLEET OF 13 SPECIALISED REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SECTION, WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT OF 486, WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR STREET SWEEPING AND WASHING, NIGHTSOIL COLLECTION, PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF 63 REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND 56 PUBLIC TOILETS. ALL THESE WERE IN ADDITION TO SPECIAL CLEANSING SERVICES PROVIDED TO VILLAGES, SQUATTER AREAS, PICNIC SPOTS AND WATERCOURSES, MR FU SAID.
ON THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES. CULTURAL SERVICES OFFICER, MR LO YIU-CHUNG, SAID: +THESE WERE CENTRED AROUND THE TWO PUBLIC LIBRARIES WHICH, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE USUAL BOOK LENDING SERVICES FROM THEIR STOCK OF 29 713 BOOKS AND 4 141 ITEMS OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS, ALSO ORGANISED A WIDE VARIETY OF EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.
MR LO SAID THAT THE TUEN MUN (TAI HING) PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE TUEN MUN (YAU 01) PUBLIC LIBRARY TOGETHER ISSUED A TOTAL OF 150 837 LIBRARY ITEMS IN THE THREE MONTHS FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER. IN THE SAME PERIOD, AN AVERAGE OF 11 208 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN LIBRARY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES EACH MONTH.
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FREE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES SUCH AS CANTONESE OPERAS, VARIETY SHOWS, POP CONCERTS AND PUPPET SHOWS, HE SAID, ARE REGULARLY ORGANISED BY THE RSD AT 12 OUTDOOR LOCAL VENUES. AVERAGE, FOUR TO FIVE PROGRAMMES ARE PRESENTED EACH MONTH, ATTRACTING AN AUDIENCE OF BETWEEN 100 TO 400 PEOPLE EACH TIME.
AT THE MEETING, THE COMMITTEE APPROVED A PROPOSAL TO NAME A NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED AT TIP YING HOUSE IN BUTTERFLY ESTATE AS +BUTTERFLY ESTATE PUBLIC LIBRARY+.
THE NEW LIBRARY, MEASURING 285 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY 1986.
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