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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1989
STEERING COMMITTEE LAUNCHES YEAR-END CLEAN-UP
THE YEAR-END
CAMPAIGN
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CLEAN-UP PHASE OF
(FRIDAY)
THE
KEEP HONG KONG
WAS LAUNCHED TODAY
BY THE JOINT COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE.
CLEAN URBAN
THE LAN KWAI FONG REFUSE
LAUNCHING CEREMONIES WERE HELD AT COLLECTION POINT IN CENTRAL AND AT LUK YEUNG SUN CHUEN IN TSUEN WAN.
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OF 40 PER CENT IN "DURING THE YEAR-END PERIOD, AN INCREASE REFUSE COLLECTION IS EXPECTED DUE TO TRADITIONAL SPRING CLEANING, SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
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"LAST YEAR, DURING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 13 TO 19, AVERAGE OF 5,833 TONNES OF REFUSE WAS COLLECTED COMPARED WITH A DAILY AVERAGE OF 2,782 TONNES," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
USUAL
AND
TO HELP HOUSEHOLDS DISCARD UNWANTED FURNITURE, BULKY WASTE
UP IN ALL JUNK, TEMPORARY REFUSE/JUNK COLLECTION POINTS WILL BE SET URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS.
THE PERMANENT REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS WILL ALSO OPENING HOURS, AND OPERATE FROM 7 AM TO MIDNIGHT.
EXTEND THEIR
CLEAN UP "ADDITIONAL LORRIES AND MANPOWER WILL BE DEPLOYED TO
REMOVE LITTER BLACK SPOTS, REMOVE REFUSE AND JUNK FROM PUBLIC PLACES,
OBSTRUCTION, CAUSE
AND WASH STREETS AND UNCLAIMED ARTICLES WHICH LANES AFTER THE OPERATIONS," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
JUNK AND/OR THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF
THE REFUSE COLLECTION UNWANTED ARTICLES IN PUBLIC PLACES OTHER THAN POINTS IS AN OFFENCE, WITH THE OFFENDER LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $10,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
IN THE VARIOUS FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS
URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOTLINE, DISTRICTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO AN 5-8680000, OR TO THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE OFFICES.
PUBLIC WARNED NOT TO BRING IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
PUBLIC
AND OTHER WARNED COULD
INTENDING TO VISIT CHINA MEMBERS OF THE COUNTRIES DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) NOT TO BRING ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES INTO HONG KONG OR ELSE THEY FACE HEAVY FINES AND IMPRISONMENT.
OFFICER OF THE THE WARNING CAME FROM THE SENIOR CONSERVATION
FOLLOWING TWO AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR M. K. CHEUNG,
EARLIER THIS WEEK, INVOLVING SEIZURES AT THE SHA TAU KOK BORDER TOTAL OF 30 LIVE AND SEVEN DEAD ENDANGERED ANIMALS.
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