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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

Thursday, November 23, 1972

INTENSIVE DRIVE TO CLEAN UP THE HARBOUR

The trial period for the boat-to-boat refuse collection service

and the general scavenging service in the harbour is to be extended for an-

other six months, with a further expansion to the existing harbour cleansing

fleet.

At the same time, a roving scavenging service will be set up in the

central harbour area in a concerted drive to clear drifting timber and refuse,

A Marine Department spokesman said today that floating timber is

often found littering the central harbour area, the entrances to the two main

commercial dockyards at Hung Hom and Quarry Bay, and the entrance to the

Government Dockyard at Yau Ma Tei.

This presents a hazard to small craft travelling in the harbour

area, especially at night.

Since the initial expansion of the cleansing service last May,

approximately 35 tons of rubbish have been collected from the water each day;

25 tons from the harbour, five from the Yau Ma Tei and Causeway Bay Typhoon

Shelters, and five from Aberdeen.

But, the spokesman said, the figure represents less than half the

total amount of rubbish thrown into the water.

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