SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,
1989
8
PLEA TO KEEP ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER CLEAN
*
CAN BE
WILL BE ALLEVIATED POLLUTION IN THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER AND A GOOD DEAL OF PUBLIC MONEY SAVED IF LITTERING FROM BOATS PREVENTED.
ON "HOW TO SOUTHERN
OF
THIS WAS STATED BY A MARINE OFFICIAL AT A SEMINAR TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF FLOATING REFUSE", HELD RECENTLY BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE DISTRICT BOARD'S
FISHERMEN'S GROUPS BASED IN ABERDEEN.
FOR
IN
AROUSING
THE SEMINAR WAS AMONG ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE SUPPORT OF THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN WITH THE AIM OF THE BOAT POPULATION'S AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
THAT THE TYPHOON WATER REGIONS IN THE FLOATING REFUSE BEING
THE MARINE OFFIER, MR C.K. YEUNG, EXPLAINED
MOST POLLUTED SHELTER HAD BECOME ONE OF THE TERRITORY, WITH AN AVERAGE OF THREE TONNES OF DEALT WITH DAILY.
IT COST THE GOVERNMENT AROUND $1,000 FOR SCAVENGING
TIMBER MAINLY COMPRISED
ONE TONNE PLASTIC
ITEMS,
WHICH OF FLOATING REFUSE, PRODUCTS AND FOAM ITEMS, SUCH AS FISH CONTAINERS AND LUNCH BOXES.
ITTERING BY THE BOAT POPULATION ACCOUNTED
FOR A SIGNIFICANT
PART OF THE FLOATING REFUSE.
"IF THE BOAT-DWELLERS STOP
LITTERING FROM
ONLY WILL OLLUTION IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER GOVERNMENT MONEY ALSO A GOOD DEAL OF
MR YEUNG SAID. OPERATIONS CAN BE SAVED,'
BE
BOATS, THEIR
ALLEVIATED, MUCH
IN INCURRED
NOT BUT
SCAVENGING
HF URGED THE BOAT POPULATION TO MAKE USE OF
BY THE MARINE COLLECTION SERVICE PROVIDED DISPOSE OF THEIR REFUSE.
DEPARTMENT
THE DAILY REFUSE то PROPERLY
CATCHES
AT THE
ESPECIALLY
SPECIAL
DAMAGED REFUSE
LANDING FISHERMEN MR YEU ALSO APPEALED TO ABERDEEN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET NOT TO DUMP REFUSE,
A OUT THAT FOAM
CONTAINERS. FISH COLLECTION POINT HAD BEEN SET UP THERE FOR THEIR USE.
SPEAKING ALSO
POINTED HE
AT
THE
THE SEMINAR,
DISTRICT DEPARTMENT,
HYGIENE
MR S.K. AREA AGAINST
SUPERINTENDENT (SOUTHERN) OF THE URBAN SERVICES LAW, WARNED PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS OF BOATYARDS IN THE DISCARDING REFUSE, ESPECIALLY TIMBER ITEMS, INTO THE TYPHOON SHELTER.
HE SAID A NEW LAW DEALING WITH THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF HAD ALREADY COME INTO EFFECT AND HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD LAUNCH A OF ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER PUBLICISE THE LAW SHORTLY.
OFFENCE SERIES
/THE CHAIRMAN