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SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1978

FC TAN NULLAH WORK TO BE COMPLETED SOON

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WORK ON THE FO TAN NULLAH WHICH RUNS FROM PAT TSZ WO VILLAGE TC SHING MUN RIVER IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED I AUTUMN THIS YEAR.

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+ D S NEW THE NULLAH, WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY P.W. TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ILL CARRY STORM WATER DURING FLOODS.

THE 1,000-METRE LONG, CONCRETE-LINED NULLAH HAS A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 31X METRES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 25 METRES. IT HAS A CAPACITY OF CARRYING A FLOW UP TO 225 CUBIC METRES PER SECOND.

THE FO TAN VALLEY IN WHICH THE NULLAH IS LOCATED IS BEING DEVELOPED MAINLY FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES. SITES ARE BEING FORMED AND SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED IN THIS 19 HECTARE AREA OF DEVELOPMENT.

YOUTHS LEAD THE WAY IN CLEAN BEACH CAMPAIGN

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FOUR YOUTH GROUPS SET A FINE EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT TO PEOPLE IN THE BEACHES TODAY (SUNDAY) BY SHOWING THEM THE PROPER WAY OF DISPOSING LITTER ON THE BEACH.

TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS YEAR'S CLEAN BEACH CAMPAIGN, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED OFFICIALLY TODAY AT SHEK C, ABOUT 75 MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS (CYC'S), THE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION, THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME, CONDUCTED A SERIES OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS AT THREE POPULAR BEACHES SIMULTANEOUSLY,

HOLIDAY-MAKERS AT REPULSE BAY, DEEP WATER BAY AND SHEK O TOOK THE CUE FROM THE YOUTHS AND VOLUNTEERED TO HELP IN COLLECTING RUBBISH ON THE BEACHES.

BEFORE THE CLEAN-UP STARTED, THE YOUTHS ASSEMBLED AT SHEK O FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WAS OFFICIATED BY MRS. GRACE HO, CHAIRMAN OF THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. DURING THE CEREMONY THEY PLEDGED THE IR SUPPORT FOR THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN IN HELPING TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY.

ALSC PRESENT WERE TWO URBAN COUNCILLORS, MR. KIM CHAM AND MR. HOWARD YEUNG,

ANNOUNCING THE START OF THE CLEAN BEACH CAMPAIGN, MRS. HO CALLED ON THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO DO THEIR PART IN KEEPING THEIR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN.

THE YOUTHS THEN LEFT IN THREE GROUPS - ONE REMAINING AT SHEK O AND OTHER TWO HEADED FOR REPULSE BAY AND DEEP WATER BAY TO BEGIN THEIR CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS.

SWIMMERS AT SHEK C WERE ALSO TREATED TO A COLOURFUL BEACH SHOW COMPRISING DANCES, SONGS AND A DEAMA FEATURING THE CLEAN BEACH MESSAGE.

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