SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1990
NEW SWEEPERS TO ENHANCE STREET CLEANSING
THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL IMPROVE ITS CLEANSING SERVICES ON FAST-TRAFFIC ROADS AND FLYOVERS BY REPLACING ITS EXISTING MECHANICAL SWEEPER FLEET WITH MODERNISED VEHICLES.
MORE AREAS WILL ALSO BE INCORPORATED IN THIS SERVICE WITH THE ADDITION OF THREE NEW CLEANSING ROUTES WHEN THE COMPLETE FLEET SWINGS INTO FULL OPERATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
"IN ORDER то ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY OF HRATIONS IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA, THE DEPARTMENT NEW MECHANICAL SWEEPERS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING DEPARTMENT'S TRANSPORT MANAGER, MR IAN MACDONALD, SAID.
ROAD SWEEPING WILL BUY 20 FLEET," THE
"AT PRESENT, WE ARE OPERATING A FLEET OF 18 MECHANICAL SWEEPERS, 16 OF WHICH ARE ALREADY TOO OLD TO PERFORM CLEANSING DUTIES EFFECTIVELY.
"MOREOVER, WE INTEND TO NEW ROUTES AND THE PROCUREMENT NECESSARY.
WIDEN OUR SERVICE BY ADDING THREE OF THE NEW VEHICLES IS CONSIDERED
"AT PRESENT, WE HAVE 13 ROUTES COVERING THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA," HE SAID.
THE 20 NEW SWEEPERS ARE PURCHASED FOLLOWING A ONE-MONTH TEST ON THE NEW MODEL AT SHA TIN IN OCTOBER 1988 DURING WHICH ITS MANOEUVRABILITY WAS FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND COULD MEET THE DEPARTMENT'S REQUIREMENTS.
"TWO OF THESE NEW SWEEPERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DELIVERED TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND ARE ALREADY IN SERVICE IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT," MR MACDONALD SAID.
SHA TIN AND TAI PO WILL BE THE NEXT TWO DISTRICTS TO HAVE THE NEW SWEEPERS IN OPERATION WHEN A BATCH OF FIVE ARRIVES BY THE END OF
SEPTEMBER.
MR MACDONALD SAID THE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTED IN THE NEW SWEEPERS WOULD DEFINITELY IMPROVE CLEANSING SERVICES.
"COSTING AROUND $700,000 EACH, THE SWEEPER HAS A LARGER COMPARTMENT CAPABLE OF HANDLING FOUR TONNES OF SAND AND GRIT TO BE PICKED UP ALONG THE ROAD WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION BY MEANS OF QUIET NOZZLES GIVING HIGH SUCTION PERFORMANCE, HE SAID.
HINGED TO
OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE TWO REMOVABLE FILTER SCREENS SWING DOWN FOR EASY CLEANING AT THE COMPARTMENT, AND TWO HYDRAULIC CHANNEL BRUSHES WITH AN EXTENDED ARM TO AVOID TYRE SCUFFING DURING CORNERING. ANOTHER FEATURE IS THE WIDE SWEEP BRUSH WHICH COVERS A LARGER SERVICE AREA.
THE THREE NEW ROUTES WILL COVER AREAS IN SHA TIN, TSEUNG KWAN O, YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, TAI PO AND NORTH DISTRICT, MR MACDONALD ADDED.
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