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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1993
MUNICIPAL COUNCILS RESPONSIBLE FOR REFUSE COLLECTION
COLLECTION OF REFUSE IS THE STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY REGIONAL AND URBAN COUNCILS.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN BARROW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (
(WEDNESDAY).
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MR EASON SAID THE PILOT SCHEME STARTED BY THE REGIONAL ON MAY 1 THIS YEAR IN THE TAI PO DISTRICT ON THE CONTRACTING WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES WOULD BE EVALUATED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR TO CONSIDER WHETHER IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
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COLLECTION OF ANIMAL CARCASSES HAD BEEN CONTRACTED SINCE JULY 1991, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS CURRENTLY STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF CONTRACTING OUT REFUSE COLLECTION.
ADEQUATE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN YUEN LONG
THERE ARE SUFFICIENT SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN YUEN LONG, INCLUDING TIN SHUI WAI, TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY MOVED TO THE DISTRICT, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON TANG SIU-TONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR LEUNG NOTED THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAD MOVED TO TIN SHUI WAI NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY TO A SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS DUE TO PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES TOWARDS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, HE SAID.
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HOWEVER, MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE COULD HELP TO ARRANGE INTERVIEWS FOR THESE STUDENTS WITH SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WITH A VIEW ΤΟ SECURING A TRANSFER BY SEPTEMBER.
HE ALSO CALLED ON PARENTS OF STUDENTS WHO WISHED то SEEK ADMISSION TO SCHOOLS IN YUEN LONG TO APPROACH THE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE.
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OFFICE PROVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION ON SCHOOLS, SUCH AS THEIR FACILITIES AND THE CURRICULUM OFFERED, IN THE DISTRICT TO HELP PARENTS SELECT SCHOOLS WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR CHILDREN TO ENTER.
"THEY CAN THEN APPLY DIRECT TO THE SCHOOLS OF THEIR CHOICE, LEUNG ADDED.
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