FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1978
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USD SETS UP MORE PICNIC WARDEN POSTS
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MORE POSTS TO PUBLICISE THE PICNIC WARDEN SCHEME HAVE BEEN SET UP RECENTLY BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN KOWLOON, SAI KUNG AND YUEN LONG.
THEY ARE LOCATED AT THE JORDAN ROAD FERRY PIER- TSUEN WAN FERRY PIER PAK SHA WAN FERRY PIER AND TAI MONG TSAI IN SAI KUNG- SHEK KONG VILLAGE AND CHUNG HAU VILLAGE IN YUEN LONG.
THE NEW POSTS WILL REINFORCE THE EXISTING ONES AT KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION, THE OUTLYING FERRY PIER AND THE CHOI HUNG ESTATE BUS TERMINUS.
THE PICNIC WARDEN SCHEME INITIATED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS INTRODUCED IN JUNE 1976 TO HELP PICNIC GROUPS TO APPOINT THEIR OWN VOLUNTARY WARDENS TO ENSURE THEY DO NOT LEAVE LITTER DURING THEIR OUTINGS.
PAMPHLETS AND PICNIC WARDEN BADGES ARE DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE TO PICNICKERS AT ALL POSTS.
ANY GROUP ORGANISING PICNICS, BARBECUES, HIKES AND BOAT TRIPS AND WHICH REQUIRES MORE THAN ONE BADGE CAN OBTAIN THEM FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON REQUEST.
ACCORDING TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, A TOTAL OF 113,000 PAMPHLETS AND 13,500 BADGES HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT TO THE PUBLIC SINCE THE SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED TWO YEARS AGO.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S CLEANSING SECTION SAID, +AS THE NUMBER OF PICNICKERS IS INCREASING IN HONG KONG, WE ARE LOOKING FOR SUITABLE SITES TO SET UP MORE POSTS TO PUBLICISE THIS PICNIC WARDEN SCHEME IN THE FUTURE.+
HE ALSO URGED THE PICNICKERS TO GUARD AGAINST VANDALISM AND THE RISK OF FIRE.
REPORTS FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SHOW THAT LITTER BINS IN THE COUNTRY PARKS ARE NOW MORE POPULARLY USED THAN BEFORE.
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