8
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1986
TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS CHAN, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING,
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TELEMATCH WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE TAI YUEN SOCCER PITCH AT 2 PM TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
DISPOSE OF REFUSE PROPERLY, HOUSECLEANERS TOLD
******
HOUSECLEANERS HAVE BEEN URGED TO REMOVE THE IR JUNK AND REFUSE TO THE NEAREST REFUSE COLLECTION POINT DURING THE YEAR-END CLEAN UP.
MAKING THE APPEAL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT FROM TOMORROW (SUNDAY) THROUGH FEBRUARY 8. ALL THE 107 OFF-STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE URBAN AREAS FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EACH DAY.
IN ADDITION, THE OPENING HOURS OF MORE THAN 200 TEMPORARY ON-STREET POINTS WILL BE EXTENDED.
+RESIDENTS CAN CALL THE LITTER HOTLINE 5-95555 IF THEY ARE NOT SURE OF THE LOCATION OF THESE POINTS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
DURING THIS PERIOD, THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO DEPLOY EXTRA CLEANSING STAFF AT THE VARIOUS RCP'S TO COPE WITH THE ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN REFUSE.
→WE HOPE THAT BY INCREASING THE HOURS OF OPERATION OF THE COLLECTION POINTS AND BY INCREASING THE MANPOWER, WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO DISPOSE OF THEIR REFUSE AND JUNK PROPERLY, SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE
+WE ALSO HOPE THAT BY PROVIDING MORE REFUSE COLLECTION FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE LAST SEVEN DAYS OF THE YEAR. RESIDENTS WILL HELP US BY CLEARING OUT THEIR HOUSES EARLY, AND NOT LEAVE IT ALL TO THE LAST MOMENT.+
ALL CLEANSING SERVICES WILL BE SUSPENDED ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY, FEBRUARY 9.
19
P