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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1986
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN, MRS FUNG SAID DRAINAGE PROBLEMS WERE PARTICULARLY SERIOUS IN DEVELOPED DISTRICTS LIKE MONG KOK.
SHE SAID STATISTICS COMPILED BY THE URBAN DRAINAGE SECTION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT 25 000 COMPLAINTS ABOUT DRAINAGE PROBLEMS WERE RECEIVED IN THE 12 MONTHS UP TO JULY THIS YEAR IN KOWLOON, AND ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THEM WERE IN MONG KOK.
MRS FUNG SAID THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN AIMED AT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE NEED TO KEEP SEWERS AND DRAINS FREE OF WASTE AND RUBBISH.
IT WOULD ALSO HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT, A SUBJECT ABOUT WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAD EXPRESSED GREAT CONCERN.
+A BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM HAS BEEN SET UP UNDER THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO RENDER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE TO THE MANAGEMENT BODIES OF PRIVATE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS, SHE SAID.
A SEMINAR WAS HELD AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY TO STUDY VAR IOUS SEWERAGE PROBLEMS AND TO DISCUSS WAYS TO PREVENT BLOCKAGES.
SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR WERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, DR ELLEN CHAN, A HEALTH INSPECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR K.K. LAM; AN ENGINEER OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR C.C. NG; AND THE HOUSING MANAGER OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM, MR RAYMOND CHONG.
MORE THAN 400 GUESTS, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM BUILDING MANAGEMENT BODIES, AND OPERATORS OF FACTORIES AND RESTAURANTS, ATTENDED THE SEMINAR.
THE FIVE-MONTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN IS AN ANNUAL DRIVE SPONSORED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD TO RAISE RESIDENTS' AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND CLEANLINESS.
PUBLICITY MATERIALS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO MARKET STALLS, RESTAURANTS, COOKED FOOD STALLS AND FACTORIES ADVISING PEOPLE NOT TO THROW PLASTIC BAGS, CANS AND PACKETS DOWN DRAINS.
A DISTRICT-WIDE SURVEY WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY DRAINAGE BLACK SPOTS AND THE CAUSES OF BLOCKAGES.
FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO HELP BUILDING MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS TO REMOVE ABANDONED SIGNBOARDS,
THERE WILL BE TRAINING CLASSES, INTEREST CLASSES, QUIZZES, VISITS, COMPETITIONS AND GAMES ORGANISED TO BOOST RESIDENTS' AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.
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