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FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1992
YEAR-END CLEAN-UP PROGRAMME TO START TOMORROW
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A YEAR-END CLEAN-UP PROGRAMME TO TIE IN PRACTICE OF "SPRING CLEANING" IN THE CHINESE TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
TRADITIONAL
WITH COMMUNITY
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WILL
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THE TERRITORY-WIDE PROGRAMME IS ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERTING COMMITTEE. IT WILL LAST TWO WEEKS AND WILL END ON FEBRUARY 3, THE LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE.
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"TO FACILITATE HOUSEHOLDS TO DISCARD UNWANTED FURNITURE BULKY WASTE, TEMPORARY JUNK COLLECTION POINTS WILL BE SET UP IN ALL URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
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"ADDITIONAL LORRIES AND MANPOWER ARE BEING DEPLOYED ΤΟ REMOVE REFUSE AND UNCLAIMED ARTICLES AT LITTER BLACKSPOTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE SAID DURING THE 10 DAYS BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR LAST YEAR, A DAILY AVERAGE OF 5,103 TONNES OF REFUSE AND JUNK WERE COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, WHICH WAS SEVEN PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE USUAL DAILY AVERAGE YIELD OF 4,754 TONNES.
"MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO DISCARD REFUSE IN NEARBY COLLECTION POINTS BEFORE CLOSING TIME.
"ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CLOSING TIME OF REFUSE AND JUNK COLLECTION POINTS DURING THE YEAR-END AND DETAILS OF THE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOTLINE ON TEL. 868 0000 OR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOTLINE ON TEL.
414 5555, AND THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES DEPARTMENTS, HE SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF REFUSE IN PUBLIC PLACES OTHER THAN COLLECTION POINTS IS A FINE OF $10,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT,
COURAGEOUS FIREMAN COMMENDED
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FIREMAN CHAN KAY-WING'S INITIATIVE, COURAGE AND PUBLIC-SPIRIT ACTION IN THE RESCUE OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY IN A RECENT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT PAID OFF TODAY (FRIDAY) WHEN HE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER'S (CFO) COMMENDATION.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT TAI PO FIRE STATION, CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR JAMES HO KWOK-CHUEN, CHAN FOR HIS EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE.
PRAISED
/THE ACCIDENT