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Friday, February 23, 1973

BLOCK-BY-BLOCK CLEANSING OPERATION

In Mark I And II Resettlement Blocks

The Resettlement Department is to mount another block-by-block

cleansing operation later this month.

The first such operation was started late last year in connection

with the Clean Hong Kong Campaign.

This latest operation which will concentrate on the older Mark I

and Mark II blocks will be third in the series. Its aim is to give the

older estates a thorough washing and cleansing before the approach of the

hot weather.

A spokesman for the Resettlement Department said today that special

attention will be paid to this operation because it is intended to make it a

regular feature of the management of these 240 Mark I and II blocks.

The operation will start on Monday, February 26, at Tai Wor Hau

Resettlement Estate where tenants will be asked to clean their own flats and

throw away whatever articles they do not want.

All the junk and unwanted articles will be taken away and all the

courtyards will be washed.

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