WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1988
USD HOTLINE 5-8680000 PROVES POPULAR
THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOTLINE 5-8680000 HAS HANDLED A TOTAL OF 3 457 COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES IN THE PAST SEVEN
MONTHS, AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 11 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
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"THIS PROVES THAT THE HOTLINE IS GROWING IN POPULARITY THE GENERAL PUBLIC,' SAID A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN TODAY.
WITH
ENQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE MATTERS, SUCH AS REFUSE, NUISANCE AND FOOD HYGIENE ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN 41 PER CENT OF THE CALLS.
HOWEVER, THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THE HOTLINE HANDLED COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK SUCH AS PEST CONTROL, HAWKERS AND MARKETS, RECREATION AND AMENITIES AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
"EACH COMPLAINT IS FOLLOWED UP AND DEALT WITH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE," SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
DISCO FUN FOR KWUN TONG YOUTHS
YOUNG PEOPLE IN KWUN TONG ARE BEING INVITED TO SHARE DISCO FUN AT SEA IN THE EVENING OF AUGUST 29 (MONDAY).
THE "DISCO NITE" IS PRESENTED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE 1988 TO MARK THE CLOSING OF THE EIGHT-WEEK-LONG SUMMER PROGRAMME.
PARTICIPANTS WILL BE TAKEN ON A NIGHT CRUISE OF THE VICTORIA HARBOUR ON BOARD A FERRY, WHERE THEY CAN DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY TO THE DISCO BEAT.
LIMITED TICKETS FOR THE "DISCO NITE** AT $30 PER HEAD (INCLUDING DRINKS AND LUCKY DRAW), ARE NOW ON SALE AT THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE IN TUNG YAN STREET AND A NUMBER
LOCAL VOLUNTARY
AGENCIES.
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 3-425079.
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