SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1975
KAM TIN RIVER IS FLOWING AGAIN
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KAM TIN RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WHICH USED TO BE CHOKED WITH REFUSE HAVE COME BACK TO LIFE.
MOST OF THE LAP SAP WHICH WAS CLOGGING THE RIVER HAS BEEN CLEARED AND THE WATER IS NOW FLOVING UNRESTRICTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS.
WORKERS MOBILIZED FROM THE YUEN LONG OFFICE OF THE URDAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT EMBARKED ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE CLEARANCE OPERATION ON THE RIVER ON JULY 2 AND UP TO JULY 28 HAD ALREADY CLEARED ABOUT 8,200 FEET OF THE RIVER'S COURSE.
ALTOGETHER, ABOUT 68 LORRY-LOADS OF BAMBOO AND BUSHES WERE REMOVED AND 679 BASKETS OF REFUSE WERE COLLECTED. SOME OF THIS REFUSE WAS CARRIED BY VEHICLES TO REFUSE DUMPS FOR DISPOSAL WHILE SOME WAS BURNT ON THE SPOT.
THE CLEARANCE PROJECT IS A JOINT EFFORT OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR.
NG HON-WING, URBAN SERVICES OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION, RECALLED THAT THE FIRST STAGE, CARRIED OUT IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, HAD MET WITH GREAT SUCCESS. THE MAIN STREAM OF KAM TIN RIVER AND FIVE TRIBUTARIES LYING TO THE NORTH OF KAM TIN ROAD WERE MADE FREE OF LAP SAP IN 33 WORKING DAYS.
*THE CURRENT STAGE, HE SAID, +COVERS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF KAM TIN RIVER AND FOUR TRIBUTARIES LYING TO THE SOUTH OF KLM TIN ROAD, FROM KO PO TSUEN TO SHEUNG TSUEN, MEASURING ADOUT SIX MILES.
+THIS IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE 45 WORKING DAYS TO COMPLETE IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD. SO FAR, THE MORALE OF THE WORKERS IS HIGH AND EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY APART FROM A FEW CASES OF SUN STROKE.+
THE WORK IS CARRIED OUT BY THREE TEAMS OF WORKERS, EACH COMPRISING A FOREMAN AND EIGHT LABOURERS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A HEALTH INSPECTOR AND AN OVERSEER. THEY ARE EQUIPPED WITH RUBBER WADERS, HELMETS, JUNGLE KNIVES, SAUS AND DINGHIES.
HEAVY SPOTS AROUND KO PO BRIDGE AND NG KA TSUEN ARE BEING DEALT WITH FIRST. DRAINAGE OF FLOOD WATER AT THESE SPOTS. ACCORDING TO MR. NG, TOOK TWO HOURS BEFORE THE CLEARANCE BUT NOW IT TAKES ONLY HALF AN HOUR.
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