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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1979

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEPARTMENT HEADS

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COPIES OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY,

MR. LAWRENCE MILLS, WHO IS NOW ACTING DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DURING THE ABSENCE OF MR. WILLIAM DORWARD, AND THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR. PETER TSAO HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN GIS PRESS BOXES TODAY (TUESDAY) FOR YOUR RECORD AND EDITORIAL USE.

IT WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED IF YOU WOULD USE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN THE OCCASION ARISES.

USE NEW CONTROLLED TIP FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO USE THE NEW CONTROLLED TIP AT JUNK BAY FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES.

A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE TIP YESTERDAY (MONDAY), THE SAI TSO WAN AND MA YAU TONG CONTROLLED TIPS IN KOWLOON NOW ONLY ACCEPT SOLID WASTES COLLECTED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

DESPITE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THIS EFFECT LAST WEEK, HE SAID, MANY LORRIES LOADED WITH SOLID WASTES CONTINUED TO GO TO THESE TWO TIPS.

+THIS RESULTED IN THEM MAKING ANOTHER JOURNEY TO JUNK BAY, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

AT PRESENT, A TOTAL OF FIVE CONTROLLED TIPS ARE IN OPERATION IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY ARE SITUATED AT SAI TSO WAN, MA YAU TONG, JUNK BAY, SHUEN WAN AND SIU LANG SHUI.

THE TIPS AT SHUEN WAN AND SIU LANG SHUI, NEW TERRITORIES ACCEPT SOLID WASTES COLLECTED BY BOTH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE DAILY OPENING HOURS OF THE TIPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

JUNK BAY

SHUEN WAN

8 A.M. TO 11 P.M.

8 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

SIU LANG SHUI

8 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

8 A.M. TO 6 P.M.

SAI TSO WAN

(FOR USD ONLY)

MA YAU TONG

(FOR USD ONLY)

- 8 A.M. TO 11 P.M.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR DISPOSING SOLID WASTES AT THESE CONTROLLED TIPS.

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