SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1985
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ANTI-RAT CAMPAIGN FOR TSIM SHA TSUI EAST
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A MONTH-LONG RODENT PREVENTION CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST NEXT WEEK AS PART OF CONTINUING EFFORTS TO STAMP OUT RATS IN THE AREA,
→THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN AN AREA WHERE THE MANY HOTELS AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS MAKE IT VULNERABLE TO RODENTS, + SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE BUILDINGS THERE WERE INTERPERSED WITH OPEN SPACES, AMENITY PLOTS, TREE PITS AND FLOWER BEDS WHICH PROVIDED POTENTIAL HARBOURAGES FOR RATS.
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JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI AREA COMMITTEE, CAMPAIGN WILL TAKE A THREE-PHASE APPROACH.
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+ IT WILL START OFF WITH A LARGE SEMINAR ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18, FOR ABOUT 100 TO 150 LICENSEES OF EXISTING AND PROSPECTIVE FOOD PREMISES IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AT THE SEMINAR, HE SAID, A SENIOR HEALTH INSPECTOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT WOULD GIVE LECTURES ON THE PROPER STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF FOOD AND FOOD WASTE, AS WELL AS ON RODENT-PROOF ING MEASURES.
+PHASE TWO OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE INSPECTION VISITS TO ALL FOOD PREMISES IN THE AREA IN EARLY JANUARY WITH A VIEW TO ADVISING THE OPERATORS ON PROPER METHODS OF FOOD STORAGE, WASTE DISPOSAL AND RAT PROOF ING, HE SAID.
+ THE FINAL PHASE WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE LATER PART OF JANUARY WHEN ANOTHER SERIES OF INSPECTIONS OF FOOD PREMISES WILL BE MADE.
+DURING THIS TOUGHER FINAL PHASE, HOWEVER. PROSECUTION ACTION WILL BE TAKEN FOR BREACHES OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICE ORDINANCE. +
TO REINFORCE THE CAMPAIGN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PEST CONTROL AND RECREATION AND AMENITIES SECTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD TAKE PARALLEL ACTION THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD.
+RODENT CONTROL DEVICES WILL BE PUT IN POTENTIAL RODENT HARBOURAGES INSIDE OTHER PREMISES AND IN OPEN SPACES IN THE AREA,+ HE ADDED.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, AN EXTENSIVE ANTI-RODENT CAMPAIGN WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA TO PREVENT THE RODENT SITUATION THERE FROM DETERIORATING. DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR 99 DEAD RATS WERE COLLECTED IN THE AREA AND 151 RAT HOLES AND 40 TREE PITS WERE FILLED IN.
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