XN000022-1978-08-01 — Page 7

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1978

"CTING GOVERNOR TO ATTEND CONCERT BY U.K. SCHOOLS ORCHESTRA

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL ATTEND THE CONCERT TO BE GIVEN BY THE COUNTY OF AVON SCHOOLS ORCHESTRA AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL AT 8 P.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

THE CONCERT, THE SECOND BY THE VISITING ORCHESTRA, IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL. THE PROGRAMME FOR THE EVENING WILL INCLUDE POPULAR ORCHESTRAL WORKS BY BOTH WESTERN AND CHINESE COMPOSERS.

AT ITS FIRST CONCERT AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL IN KOWLOON TONG THIS EVENING, THE ORCHESTRA PERFORMED TO A FULL HOUSE AND CAPTIVATED THE AUDIENCE BY THEIR ACCOMPLISHED PERFORMANCE.

ABOUT 500 CHILDREN FROM VARIOUS LOCAL CHOIRS JOINED THE ORCHESTRA IN GIVING A PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE FOLK SONGS AND THEY ALSO WON APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE.

THE COUNTY OF AVON SCHOOLS ORCHESTRA IS IN HONG KONG UNDER THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE.

OVER 4,100 TONS OF REFUSE COLLECTED FROM HARBOUR

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MORE THAN 4,100 TONS OF REFUSE WERE COLLECTED FROM THE HARBOUR BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S SCAVENGING FLEET LAST YEAR COMPARED WITH 3,500 TONS IN 1976.

THE FLEET, WHICH OPERATES DAILY, IS MADE UP OF 38 CARGO BOATS AND SAMPANS.

IT OPERATES IN FIVE AREAS

THE CENTRAL HARBOUR WITH 16 CRAFT- THE YAU MA TEI AND CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTERS, FIVE CRAFT- TSUEN WAN, FOUR- THE EASTERN HARBOUR AREA, FOUR- AND ABERDEEN, NINE.

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A MARINE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID EACH SCAVENGING UNIT CONSISTS OF A MECHAN SED CARGO BOAT AND THREE SAMPANS. WORKERS ON THE SAMPANS SCOOP UP THE REFUSE AND THEN DEPOSIT IT ON THE CARGO BOAT,

AT THE END OF EACH DAY, THE REFUSE IS SHIPPED TO THE KOWLOON REFUSE COLLECTION POINT WHERE IT IS THEN TRANSPORTED BY LORRIES TO GIN DRINKERS BAY.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID, A SHIP-TO-SHIP REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE IS ALSO PROVIDED TO OCEAN-GOING VESSELS MOORED IN THE HARBOUR,

LAST YEAR, 550.5 TONS OF LITTER WERE COLLECTED BY THE SHIP-TO- SHIP COLLECTION SERVICE.

+IN ADDITION, TWO OTHER SCAVENGING UNITS EACH AL80 CONSISTING OF ONE MECHANISED CARGO BOAT AND THREE SAMPANS, WILL WORK ON A FLEXIBLE BASIS-TO TACKLE OTHER LITTER BLACK SPOTS IN THE HARBOUR, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.