FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1986
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SUGGESTION TO DB GETS QUICK ACTION
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A CIVIC-MINDED RESIDENT'S COMPLAINT ABOUT VEHICLES EMITTING EXCESSIVE SMOKE WAS PROMPTLY DEALT WITH AFTER HE WROTE TO THE · SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD,
USING THE +MY SUGGESTION TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD+ POSTGRAMME SCHEME, A RESIDENT OF YUE KWONG CHUEN IN ABERDEEN COMPLAINED. THAT MANY BUSES, LORRIES, TAXIS AND MINIBUSES EMITTED EXCESSIVE BLACK SMOKE WHILE TRAVELLING UP NEARBY ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD.
HE SAID THIS WAS BOTH ANNOYING AND A HEALTH HAZARD TO PEDESTRIANS AND NEARBY RESIDENTS.
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE REFERRED THE CASE TO THE POLICE WHO PROMPTLY TOOK ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED THAT THEY SHOULD RECORD THE TIME. DATE AND PARTICULARS OF ANY VEHICLE EMITTING BLACK SMOKE AND REPORT THE MATTER TO THE POLICE FOR INVESTIGATION.
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE POSTGRAMME SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN 1983 SO THAT RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN OUTLYING AREAS, COULD EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS TO THE BOARD MORE CONVENIENTLY.
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BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 LAST YEAR AND SEPTEMBER 30 THIS YEAR BOARD HAD RECEIVED 168 POSTGRAMMES, COMPARED WITH 122 IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS. MOST OF THE CASES CONCERNED TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND LAW AND ORDER MATTERS.
+THE POSTAGE-FREE POSTGRAMMES, PUBLISHED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, ARE OBTAINABLE AT 72 DISTRIBUTION POINTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, THE SPOKESMAN NOTED.
+THESE INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES, POST OFFICES, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, COMMUNITY HALLS, MAJOR BANKS, PETROL STATIONS AND VARIOUS KAIFONG AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION PREMISES.+
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