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SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1979

KCR HIT BY LITTERBUGS ******

THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, FACING A GROWING LITTER PROBLEM, PLANS TO LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE COMMUTERS TO KEEP THE STATIONS CLEAN,

A KCR SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT TODAY (SUNDAY) IT COST MORE THAN $500,000 A YEAR TO CLEAR UP LITTER AT STATIONS AND ON THE TRACKS.

THE PLACES WORST-HIT BY +LAP SAP CHUNGS+ (LITTERBUGS) ARE KOWLOON AND LO WU STATIONS. AT KOWLOON STATION ALONE, ABOUT FIVE TONS OF LITTER ARE CLEARED DAILY.

*THE SITUATION IS WORSE ON FESTIVAL DAYS OR PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WHEN A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF GARBAGE IS LEFT BEHIND BY LITTERBUGS, HE NOTED.

THE SPOKESMAN PUT THE BLAME SQUARELY ON IRRESPONSIBLE AND INCONSIDERATE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

+THERE ARE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT LITTER-BINS AT THE STATIONS AND ON THE PLATFORMS, BUT PEOPLE SIMPLY DO NOT USE THEM, HE SAID.

HE SAID KCR HAS SPARED NO EFFORTS TO ENSURE A HIGH STANDARD OF CLEANLINESS.

+THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE AND FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL IMAGE. BUT THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT WE CAN PHYSICALLY COPE WITH ANTI-SOCIAL AND THOUGHTLESS LITTERING,+ HE NOTED.

THE SPOKESMAN APPEALED TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC TO HELP KEEP THE RAILWAY CLEAN BY MAKING FULL USE OF LITTER-BINS.

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