SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1986
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READY TO COMBAT OIL POLLUTION
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WITH THE ADVENT OF THIS YEAR'S SWIMMING SEASON, THE URBAN COUNCIL IS TOPPING UP ITS STOCKS OF OIL BOOM AND OIL SORBENT IN THE EVENT OF OIL SPILLS.
AT ITS LAST MEETING, THE COUNCIL'S TENDER BOARD APPROVED A TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF 20 BALES OF OIL BOOM AT A TOTAL COST OF $26 840 AND ANOTHER TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF 118 SHEETS OF OIL SORBENT AT A TOTAL COST OF $88 382.
A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY: +THE OIL BOOM AND OIL SORBENT WILL BE HELD IN RESERVE IN CASE OF OIL POLLUTION SUCH AS HAPPENED LAST JULY, WHEN 11 OF THE 12 BEACHES ON HONG KONG ISLAND WERE POLLÚTED.
+ THE OIL BOOM IS USED TO STOP OIL FROM SPILLING ON TO A BIGGER PATCH OF BEACH WHILE THE OIL SORBENT IS USED FOR ABSORBING OIL SPILLS AND PROTECTING SHORELINES AGAINST EFFLUENT DISCHARGES.
+THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PURCHASED AN OIL BOOM. THESE ARE ALREADY WIDELY USED IN OTHER COUNTRIES FOR CONTAINING OIL SPILLS.+
IN A FURTHER OIL-RELATED DEVELOPMENT, A TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF 1 000 PAIRS OF JUNGLE BOOTS AT A TOTAL COST OF $60 000 WAS ALSO APPROVED BY THE TENDER BOARD.
THESE HEAVY DUTY BOOTS WOULD BE WORN BY LIFEGUARDS IN OIL CLEARANCE OPERATIONS TO PROTECT THEIR FEET FROM CONSTANT IMMERSION IN OIL.
CHANCE FOR CHILDREN TO SHOW ARTISTIC SKILL
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SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO DISPLAY THEIR TALENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND PAINTING WHEN TWO COMPETITIONS ON THE THEME OF +COLOURFUL HONG KONG+ ARE HELD NEXT MONTH.
THE COMPETITIONS ARE AIMED AT PROMOTING THE INTEREST OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND PAINTING. THEY ARE ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS' UNION AND SING TAO WAN PAO, AND SPONSORED BY THE CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
/THE PHOTOGRAPHIC