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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1978
CLEAN-UP OPERATION IN SQUATTER
AREA IN SHAM SHUI PO
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A SIX-DAY CLEAN-UP OPERATION WILL BE MOUNTED ON A SQUATTER AREA HOUSED MAINLY BY INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS IN SHAM SHUI PO TOMORROW (MONDAY).
THE OPERATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE YEUNG MUI HANG VILLAGE IN TAI WO PING.
THE SQUATTER AREA HAS SOME 700 STRUCTURES USED MAINLY FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES. AT PRESENT, INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND DOMESTIC REFUSE ARE DEPOSITED AT UNATTENDED CORNERS AND HILLSIDES OF THE VILLAGE, POSING FIRE AND HYGENIC HAZARDS.
THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION IS AIMED AT REMINDING VILLAGERS OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES IN MAINTAINING A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS AND LABOURERS FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE MOBILISED IN THE OPERATION.
AN OPENING CEREMONY MARKING THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE OFFICIATED BY DR. P.H. HASE, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (SHAM SHUI PO) AT 10.30 A.M. TOMORROW (MONDAY).
THE OPERATION IS JOINTLY ORGANS IDED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (SHAM SHUI PO), URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE TAI WO PING MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION AT 10.30 A.M. TOMORROW (MONDAY) AT THE HONG KONG QUARRY COMPANY IN YEUNG MUI HANG VILLAGE AT THE END OF NAM CHEONG STREET FLYOVER NORTH OF LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, SHAM SHUI PO.
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