TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1990
TERRITORY-WIDE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS BEGIN
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ORGANISED BY THE JOINT
BLOCK-TO-BLOCK CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS, URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, ARE BEING CARRIED OUT THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO PROMOTE NEIGHBOURHOOD HYGIENE.
THE TERRITORY-WIDE CLEAN-UP EXERCISE, WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL NOVEMBER, IS ONE OF THE MAJOR OPERATIONAL PHASES OF THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN AND IS COORDINATED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
"WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CLEANSING STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE URGED TO HELP CLEAN UP STREETS, LANES, ALLEYS, CANOPIES AND COMMON PARTS OF THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE STEERING COMMITTER SAID.
TO FACILITATE CLEANSING WORK, ADDITIONAL REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS ARE BEING SET UP FOR RESIDENTS TO DISPOSE OF REFUSE AND JUNK.
DISTRICT HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE ALSO DEPLOYED ΤΟ INSPECT BUILDINGS, PERFORM ANTI-LITTER PATROLS, ENFORCE CLEANSING AND HYGIENE LAWS AND TO GIVE ADVICE ON ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE PROBLEMS IN HOUSING ESTATES.
"THEY WOULD ALSO PARTICIPATE IN CLEAN-UP ACTIVITIES BY LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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HE CALLED ON RESIDENTS ΤΟ MAKE SPECIAL EFFORT ΤΟ HELP MAINTAIN A CLEAN LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
RESIDENTS COULD CONTACT THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES FOR DETAILS OF THE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS, HE ADDED.
CLEANSING
SPEEDPOST SERVICE EXTENDED TO PAKISTAN
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, ANNOUNCED TODAY SERVICE WILL (TUESDAY) THAT AS FROM SEPTEMBER 10, 1990 THE SPEEDPOST BE EXTENDED TO PAKISTAN.
THIS WILL BRING TO 60 THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN SPEEDPOST NETWORK SERVED FROM HONG KONG.
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