TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1988
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CLEAN-UP OPERATION IN ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER
FROM
TENDING
THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER HAS LONG BEEN SUFFERING THE SERIOUS PROBLEM OF MARINE LITTERING, AND THE SITUATION IS TO GET WORSK.
MARINE ACCORDING TO
DEPARTMENT STATISTICS, FLOATING COLLECTED IN THE
TYPHOON SHELTER ACCOUNTED FOR ONE-FIFTH OF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED IN HONG KONG WATERS LAST YEAR.
ABERDEEN
REFUSE ABOUT
ABERDEEN LAST
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ROUTINE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER, THE SITUATION HAS SHOWN NO SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT. YEAR, 906 TONNES OF FLOATING REFUSE WAS COLLECTED WHILE IN FIGURE WAS 833 TONNES.
1986, THE
SINCE APRIL THIS YEAR, THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL
FORCES JOINED KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE HAS
WITH THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TO SEEK WAYS TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.
AN OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME, WHICH INCLUDES OPERATIONS IN TYPHOON SHELTERS, HAS STARTED IN UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER.
A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN IS ALSO BEING HELD ESPECIALLY
LIVING THOSE
IN THE TYPHOON RESPONSIBILITY IN KEEPING THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN.
CLEAN-UP
LAST
INTENSIFIED APRIL AND WILL
TO REMIND SHELTERS,
RESIDENTS, ON THEIR
"WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL 'IF PEOPLE COULD SEE THE RELEVANCE BETWEEN A CLEAN TYPHOON SHELTER CLEAN HOME, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE JOINT COUNCIL COMMITTEE SAID.
A
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MORE AND A
FROM SOUTHERN OVERSEE
CLEAN-UP OPERATION THREE-DAY
WILL BE
OUT CARRIED TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) IN THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER AND THE
BEEN INVITED TO DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE HAS THE OPERATION.
SUPPORT
"WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THE DISTRICT BOARD, GREATER
THE JOINT COUNCIL COULD BE SOLICITED FROM THE FLOATING POPULATION," COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, MR
YAU-YUE, CHAN
AND MEMBERS MR
MR LAI KO TAM-KAN,
YAU CHI-TONG, MR LAN KHAI CHUNG, MR TSE KIT-TU, MR KU FUNG-YAU AND MR
TOGETHER VUN-FAT,
WITH THE SOUTHERN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LEUNG CHUN-WING,
THE TYPHOON SHELTER TOMORROW ON A
MARINE LAUNCH.
WILL TOUR
DEPARTMENT WILL DEPLOY TWO CLEAN UP WATERS
DURING THE OPERATION, THE MARINE "WATERWITCHES" AND FOUR REFUSE RECEPTION VESSELS TO ADJACENT TO THE NORTHWEST BREAKWATER AND NEAR SHUM WAN.
MEANWHILE, STAFF .....................