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SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1989
MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN IN YAU TSIM
THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT BOARD WILL LAUNCH A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN IN YAU TSIM DISTRICT LATER THIS YEAR ΤΟ APPEAL TO RESIDENTS TO KEEP THEIR HOMES CLEAN.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING BY THE CHAIRMAN OF
MR THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE CAMPAIGN,
LEE KING-WAH, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A "BLOCK-TO-BLOCK AND MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS CLEAN -UP" IN THE DISTRICT.
THE 40-DAY CLEAN-UP IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE TERRITORY-WIDE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN.
MR LEE SAID THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN WOULD BE IN FULL SWING FROM SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY AND WOULD INVOLVE A VARIETY OF PUBLICITY PROMOTIONS.
THESE WOULD INCLUDE CLEANLINESS COMPETITIONS FOR MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS AND COOKED FOOD STALLS, SEMINARS, A COLOURING COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN, AREA INSPECTIONS, AND A PRE-LUNAR NEW YEAR CLEAN-UP.
IN ADDITION, THE COMMITTEE ALSO PLANNED TO BUILD A SITTING-OUT AREA IN MUN MING LANE AND TO CLEAR ABANDONED SIGNBOARDS IN THE DISTRICT IN SUPPORT OF THE WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY.
"THERE ARE MANY MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS IN THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT, MANY OF WHICH ARE FAIRLY OLD AND PLAGUED BY SERIOUS HYGIENIC AND CLEANLINESS PROBLEMS DUE TO NEGLECT OF MANAGEMENT OR LACK OF CIVIC-MINDEDNESS ON THE PART OF THE RESIDENTS.
"I HOPE THAT THE CAMPAIGN WILL
AROUSE RESIDENTS' CONCERN
FOR
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THESE PROBLEMS, MR LEE SAID.
DURING THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION, WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL JULY 11, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL SET UP TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS IN THE DISTRICT AND DEPLOY MORE MANPOWER
CLEAN UP PUBLIC
PLACES.
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AT THE SAME TIME, RESIDENTS WILL BE URGED TO KEEP THE COMMON AREAS IN THEIR BUILDINGS CLEAN.
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