SUMPAN, ZZORUARY 23, 1975.
ACCORDING TO MR. NG, EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY AND THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS EXCEPT FOR SOME MINOR PROBLEMS SUCH AS VEHICLE SHORTAGE AND SLIGHT INJURIES TO STAFF.
+THE VILLAGERS WHO LIVE ALONG THE RIVER WERE ALL IN FAVOUR OF THE CLEANSING OPERATION AND OFTEN LENT A HELPING HAND, MR. NG SAID.
A TOTAL OF 248 LORRY-LOADS. OF BAMBOOS AND BUSHES WAS REMOVED AND 2,235 BASKETS (ABOUT 50 LBS. PER BASKET) OF REFUSE, MAINLY MADE UP OF DEAD POULTRY, PIGS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES, WERE COLLECTED. SOME OF THIS REFUSE WAS DISPOSED OF AT THE NGAU TAM MEI REFUSE DUMP AND SOME BY ON-THE-SPOT INCINERATION.
COMMENTING ON THE PILOT CLEANSING PROJECT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE SAID: THIS IS A REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. IN FACT WE ARE QUITE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH CAN BE ACHIEVED BY A JOINT DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT.+
HE ADDED THAT THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING AND THAT SIMILAR OPERATIONS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT ELSEWHERE IN THE NEW · TERRITORIES.
ONE OF THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF THE PROJECT IS THE ADDITION OF 15 REFUSE CONTAINERS AT STRATEGIC POINTS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE 20 VILLAGES SCATTERED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER. EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL BE REPLACED BY PROPER REFUSE COLLECTION CENTRES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE KAM TIN RIVER BEFORE AND AFTER ITS CLEANSING OPERATION ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN THE GIS PRESS ROOM.
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