MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1986
NUMEROUS FAVOURABLE COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT, RANGING FROM +A GREAT IDEA+ TO +UNIQUE AND VERY ORIGINAL+ HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM VISITORS TO THE HONG KONG PAVILION AT EXPO.
ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR PETER MOSS, WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT SINCE THE OUTSET, SAID IT WAS THE SUPPORT OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY THAT MADE IT ́A SUCCESS.
+WE ARE ALSO GRATEFUL TO CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AND THE HONG KONG TOUR IST ASSOCIATION FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTION, HE ADDED.
USD ALL-OUT EFFORTS TO KEEP BEACHES CLEAN
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THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TAKING VARIOUS MEASURES, INCLUDING THE USE OF MECHANICAL DEVICES, TO KEEP THE 12 GAZETTED BEACHES ON HONG KONG ISLAND CLEAN AND TIDY.
+DUR ING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, 4.7 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED THE 12 BEACHES, LEAVING BEHIND A TOTAL OF 4 208 TONNES OF REFUSE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY.
+ IN JULY ALONE, SOME 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED THE BEACHES AND ABOUT 1 254 TONNES OF REFUSE WERE COLLECTED.+
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT ABOUT 90 USD STAFF HAD TO WORK DAILY TO CLEAN UP THE LARGE AMOUNT OF RUBBISH ON THE BEACHES.
+THE CLEANSING WORK HAS TO BE DONE AT DAWN AND AFTER SUNSET TO AVOID INCONVENIENCE CAUSED TO SWIMMERS, HE SAID.
+AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, MECHANICAL DEVICES ARE USED FOR THE CLEAN-UP SO AS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY. IN PLACES THAT CANNOT BE REACHED BY MACHINES, OUR CLEANSING TEAM HAS TO PICK UP RUBBISH MANUALLY.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID REFUSE IN THE SEA WAS PICKED UP BY EIGHT MECHANICAL BOATS, +SEA CATS+, WHILE RUBBISH ON THE BEACH WAS REMOVED BY SEVEN MOTORISED HANDCARTS, +HILLY BILLIES+, AND A FARM TRUCK.
+TWO MODERN BEACH CLEANSING VEHICLES WHICH CAN SWEEP UP A LARGE AMOUNT OF RUBBISH AT ONE TIME ARE STATIONED AT POPULAR BEACHES SUCH AS REPULSE BAY AND SHEK 0,+ HE SAID.
+REFUSE BOOMS ARE ALSO INSTALLED AT REPULSE BAY AND DEEP WATER BAY TO PREVENT RUBBISH FROM BEING CARRIED ON TO THE SWIMMING AREAS FROM OUTSIDE WATERS.
/+AS THE