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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1988
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CLEAN-UP IN ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER COMPLETED
A THREE-DAY CLEAN-UP OPERATION HELD IN THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER HAS ADDED 20 TONNES OF FLOATING REFUSE TO THE 2.727 TONNES FIGURE RECORDED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
THIS WAS RELEASED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE ABERBEEN TYPHOON OPERATION YESTERDAY.
TODAY (SATURDAY) SHELTER CLEAN-UP
ACCORDING ΤΟ MARINE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS, THE AMOUNT OF REFUSE COLLECTED IN THE TYPHOON SHELTERS ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL REFUSE RECOVERED FROM HONG KONG WATERS.
"THE LARGE AMOUNT OF FLOATING REFUSE COLLECTED IS THE RESULT OF THE CONCENTRATED EFFORT OF THE MARINE CLEANSING FLEET OPERATING WITHIN THE TYPHOON SHELTERS WHERE FLOATING REFUSE TENDS то BECOME ENTRAPPED," A MARINE OFFICER, MR ROGER TUPPER, SAID.
HE NOTED THAT THE ENTRAPPED ANNOYANCE TO THOSE LIVING WITHIN WATERS.
REFUSE HAS BECOME A SOURCE OF AND ADJACENT TO THESE
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MR TUPPER SAID PLANS WERE IN HAND TO TEAM UP TYPHOON SHELTER RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE CLEANSING OPERATION.
"BY THEN, WE COULD RELEASE THE REFUSE SCAVENGING. FLEET ΤΟ CONCENTRATE ON HARBOUR WATERS, HE SAID.
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MR TUPPER, HOWEVER, STRESSED THAT JOINT CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS WITH THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SIMILAR TO THE ONE HELD IN THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER WILL STILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE FUTURE.
SEVERAL INTENSIVE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER THIS MONTH AND IN THE CAUSEWAY BAY, ALDRICH BAY AND CHAI WAN TYPHOON SHELTERS IN NOVEMBER.
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'ALTHOUGH IMPROVED REFUSE COLLECTION WORK REDUCES THE UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS OF MARINE REFUSE ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, THIS IS NOT THE ULTIMATE ANSWER ΤΟ THE PROBLEM WHICH WOULD ONLY BE EFFECTIVELY TACKLED IF THE REFUSE WAS CONTROLLED 'AT SOURCE, MR TUPPER SAID.
ACCORDING TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, THE MAJOR SOURCE OF REFUSE WAS THROUGH STORM WATER DRAINS. THERE ARE OTHER MINOR SOURCES, SUCH AS ILLEGAL DUMPING AND LITTERING FROM VESSELS ALONG THE SHORELINE.
"AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM IS FOR RESIDENTS TO REPORT ANY MARINE LITTERING THEY SAW, MR TUPPER POINTED OUT.
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