XN000022-1980-06-10 — Page 6

TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1980

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MR DAVID TSUI, KWUN TONG CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SAID THE EXERCISE HAD BEEN PROVED TO BE VERY WORTHWHILE AS PEOPLE IN THE AREA COULD EASILY FEEL THE DIFFERENCE AT A BACK LANE BEFORE AND AFTER IT WAS CLEANED UP.

THE TIDY-UP OPERATION IS BEING CARRIED OUT BY CLEANSING STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BACKED BY A WATER TANK AND TWO REFUSE COLLECTION LORRIES.

+WE INTEND TO CARRY OUT THIS EXERCISE SYSTEMATICALLY BY DIVIDING THE WHOLE INDUSTRIAL AREA INTO 16 ZONES, AND WE HOPE THAT BY DOING THIS WE CAN MAKE FACTORY OPERATORS MORE AWARE WHAT A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT WOULD MEAN TO THEM AND THEIR WORKERS,+ SAID MR TSUL.

HE NOTED THAT UNDER THE LEASE CONDITIONS, THE 3-METRE WIDE STRIP ON EACH SIDE OF A BACK LANE IS THE LAND GRANTED TO RESPECTIVE FACTORY OWNERS AND IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE AREA CLEAN AND TIDY, WHILE THE GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEANLINESS OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE BACK LANE.

+AS A START.+ MR TSUI SAID, +OUR SPECIAL WORKFORCE HAS CLEARED ALL DEBRIS AND REFUSE ON THE WHOLE WIDTH OF EACH BACK LANE AND HOSING IT DOWN WITH DETERGENT. SO FAR ABOUT THREE TONNES OF REFUSE AND DEBRIS HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF EACH DAY BY THE CLEANSING TEAM.

+ BY DOING THIS, WE HOPE TO CREATE A VISUAL IMPACT ON PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND HOPE THE FACTORY OPERATORS CONCERNED WILL KEEP UP OUR GOOD WORK BY MAINTAINING THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS CLEAN AND TIDY THEREAFTER.+

TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN KWUN TONG, THE LOCAL DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS ALSO APPROVED A PLAN TO LANDSCAPE A VACANT LOT OF CROWN LAND AT VAN HON STREET AND TO CONVERT IT INTO A SITTING-OUT AREA.

IN ADDITION, THE COMMITTEE HAS ALLOCATED $50 000 FOR A TREE-PLANTING SCHEME TO BEAUTIFY THE CENTRAL DIVIDER AREA ALONG A SECTION OF KWUN TONG ROAD BETWEEN SHUN YEE STREET AND HONG TAK ROAD WHICH IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE GREY AREAS IN THE DISTRICT.

ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A SPECIAL USD CLEANSING TEAM WILL CLEAN UP BACK LANES IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY HOW MING STREET, HUNG TO ROAD AND TSUN YIP STREET IN KWUN TONG ON THURSDAY (JUNE 12). YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CLEAN-UP ON THAT DAY. THEY ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE IN THE KWUN TONG CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AT THE KWUN TONG GOVERNMENT BRANCH OFFICE, 3RD FLOOR, TUNG YAN STREET, KWUN TONG, AT 10 AM ON THURSDAY.

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