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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1987
UC COMMITTEE ENDORSED OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR
KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN
URBAN COUNCIL'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUDGET OF THE 1988/89 KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN DETERMINED AT
$4 MILLION, MEMBERS OF THE UC KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN COMMITTEE LEARNED AT THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING TODAY (MONDAY).
THEY ALSO ENDORSED AN EIGHT-PHASE OPERATIONAL YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WHICH WOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING
APROVAL.
PLAN FOR NEXT JOINT URBAN COMMITTEE FOR
IT WAS AGREED AT THE MEETING THAT SUBJECT TO THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE JOINT COUNCIL COMMITTEE, A MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WILL BE MOUNTED TO TIE IN WITH THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME.
THE BUDGET FOR THE TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WILL BE MAINTAINED AT A LEVEL SIMILAR TO THIS YEAR'S $2.1 MILLION.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE UC KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN COMMITTEE AFTER THE MEETING THAT THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD CARRIED A BLITZ OPERATION AGAINST LITTERING BY FILIPINA MAIDS IN CENTRAL SUNDAY (DECEMBER 6) A TOTAL OF 37 SUMMONSES WERE ISSUED.
SAID
OUT
LAST
"THE CENTRAL DISTRICT HAS BECOME A POPULAR MEETING AREA FOR FILIPINA MAIDS DURING HOLIDAYS, AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO MAKE A LOT OF EFFORT IN CLEARING THE RUBBISH LEFT BEHIND, HE SAID.
"
THE OPERATION WAS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF BLITZ OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.
KEEP CLEAN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN SOUTHERN
TO SUPPORT THE KEEP THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD'S PROGRAMME
(MONDAY) TODAY
WITH A CLEAN HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED FORESHORE EXERCISE ALONG THE ABERDEEN WATERFRONT.
MEMBERS
то THE
BY THE BOARD'S THE CLEAN UP EXERCISE STARTED OFF WITH VISITS
MA
AND YUET-HAR, ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MADAM VESSELS ANCHORED ALONG THE WATERFRONT TO PROMOTE THE AWARENESS ON NEED TO FIGHT POLLUTION AND TO KEEP THE HARBOUR CLEAN.
OF THE
THE AND
URBAN STAFF FROM THE
DEPARTMENT MARINE
IN THE DEPARTMENT THEN CONDUCTED SPECIAL CLEAN UP OPERATIONS
THE FROM SHELTER. ABERDEEN TYPHOON
VOLUNTEERS COMMUNITY ALSO JOINED IN THE OPERATIONS.
SERVICES
WATERS FISHING
/MEANWHILE, MARINE
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