SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1989
PUBLIC URGED TO KEEP HARBOUR CLEAN
COUNCIL/REGIONAL COMMITTEE TO ENLIST PUBLIC CLEANER WAS LAUNCHED TODAY
A CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING FARTICIPATION IN KEEPING THE HARBOUR
(SUNDAY),
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE KEEP HARBOUR CLEAN CAMPAIGN WAS HELD ON BOARD A FERRY AT ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, DR PANG HOK-TURN, SAID THE HARBOUR WATERS PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY WITH A CONVENIENT MEANS OF COMMUTER TRANSPORT, A SUPPLY OF SEAFOOD, AND A VENUE FOR MANY FECREATIONAL PURSUITS.
"WITH SO MANY BENEFITS AVAILABLE FROM OUR HARBOUR WATERS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP OUR WATERS CLEAN, AND FOR EVERYONE TO BE A SPORT AND 'PITCH IN'," HE SAID.
ACCORDING TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, A TOTAL OF 1,530 TONNES OF REFUSE WAS COLLECTED IN THE HARBOUR WATERS IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 9.31 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THE CLEAN HARBOUR CAMPAIGN, WHICH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER, HAS BEEN LAUNCHED TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY IN KEEPING THE WATERS FREE FROM LITTER.
PROGRAMMES PLANNED FOR THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN TYPHOON SHELTERS AT YAU MA TEI. CAUSEWAY BAY AND ABERDEEN, BESIDES ALDRICH BAY.
"CLEAN-UPS WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON REMOTE BEACHES AND INACCESSIBLE COASTLINES AND A CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE BETTER TECHNIQUES IN DISPOSING OF WASTE FROM FISHING VESSELS WILL BE UNDERTAKEN," DR PANG SAID.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FISHING COMMUNITY AND ASSOCIATIONS WERE AMONG THOSE PRESENT AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY.
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