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Saturday, January 6, 1973

PUBLIC URGED TO STAMP OUT MOSQUITO BREEDING

The Urban Services Department today called for public co-operation

in eliminating mosquito nuisance by regularly checking for possible breeding

places and destroying them,

A spokesman for the department gave a warning that the maximun

penalty for allowing the breeding of mosquitoes was $1,000.

Recently, two eonstruction companies were fined $500 each on

summonses for allowing mosquito breeding at their building sites in Tai

Hang Tung and To Kwa Wen,

"As mosquitoes can only breed in stagnant water, people are urged

to keep a sharp lookout in the vicinity of their homes and places of work

for possible breeding grounds," the spokesman said.

Mosquito breeding can be checked if all possible water containers

such as empty tins, bottles and large receptacles are either constantly

emptied or properly protected.

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