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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1988
DUKE OF EDINBURGH TO VISIT HK
WORLD
HONG KONG FROM TODAY ANNOUNCED
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, PRESIDENT WIDE AND FOR NATURE (WWF) INTERNATIONAL, WILL VISIT NOVEMBER 1 TO 4 THIS YEAR, BUCKINGHAM PALACE
(WEDNESDAY).
DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VISIT ARE BEING WILL BE ANNOUNCED ONCE THEY ARE FINALISED,
WORKED OUT AND
EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP TYPHOON SHELTERS
MARINE REFUSE SHELTERS,
OVER 50 PER CENT OF
WAS CONTRIBUTED BY BOAT
IN DWELLERS
THE TYPHOON
MARINE FOR THE A SPOKESMAN DEPARTMENT, MR RODGER TUPPER, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
FLOATING REFUSE
*ACCORDING TO OUR STATISTICS, 4,442 TONNES OF WERE COLLECTED LAST YEAR. OUT OF THIS, 2,386 TONNES WERE COLLECTED IN THE TYPHOON SHELTERS, HE ADDED.
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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION,
HAS DEPARTMENT,
UNDERTAKEN CONJUNCTION WITH THE URBAN SERVICES INTENSIVE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN THE TYPHOON SHELTERS FROM APRÍL.
THE
THESE OPERATIONS, WHICH WILL LAST UNTI1. NOVEMBER, ARE
HARBOUR
THE
IN
MORE
PART OF URBAN
BY CLEAN CAMPAIGN KEEP
ORGANISED
JOINT COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE.
A THREE-DAY CLEAN-UP OPERATION THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER IN HONG KONG.
SHELTER, THE
STARTED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN MOST DENSELY POPULATED TYPHOON
IS THE WORST ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER "THE SITUATION OF THE
KONG. IT' ALONE ACCOUNTS FOR AMONG THE 12 TYPHOON SHELTERS IN HONG OVER 20 PER CENT OF THE FLOATING REFUSE COLLECEĎ IN HONG KONG WATERS, MR TUPPER SAID.
IN
THE LAST YEAR, 906 TONNES OF FLOATING REFUSE WERE COLLECTED IN
THE 1986,
FIGURE WAS ONLY 833 ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER WHILE
·
TONNES.
"THE SITUATION