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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1981
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OPERATION TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENT IN TUEN MUN
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AN OPERATION TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN AN AREA OF TUEN MUN STARTED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY TUEN MUN ROAD, CASTLE PEAK ROAD (SAN HUI), PUI TO ROAD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE OPERATION, THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT LAUNCHED IN THE DISTRICT, WAS TO CLEAR OBSTRUCTIONS AND RUBBISH DUMPED ON PAVEMENTS, ROADWAYS AND VACANT SITES IN THE AREA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID SOME SHOP OPERATORS HAD BLOCKED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS WITH THEIR GOODS AND SOME WERE EVEN CARRYING OUT BUSINESS ON THE OPEN GROUND.
+ADVICE AND NOTICES WERE GIVEN TO SHOP OPERATORS AND GOODS OWNERS SEEKING THEIR COOPERATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ABANDONED VEHICLES FOUND ON VACANT SITES AS WELL AS IN CAR PARKING SPACES WERE ALSO REMOVED.
STAFF OF SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATED IN TODAY'S OPERATION.
DONATION FOR GOOD WORK
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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE WELFARE FUND WILL RECEIVE A DONATION OF $68 000 FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PRODUCERS OF PHONOGRAMS AND VIDEOGRAMS (IFPI) REGIONAL OFFICE AND HONG KONG GROUP IN RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CUSTOMS SERVICE IN THE FIELD OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION.
AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 11 AM ON THURSDAY (MAY 14), IN THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE SENIOR OFFICERS MESS, 9/F RUMSEY STREET MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK BUILDING, THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS, MR DOUGLAS JORDAN, WILL RECEIVE THE DONATION FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF IFPI, MR JAMES S. WOLSEY.
GUESTS ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WILL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE RECORDING INDUSTRY AND LAWYERS ASSOCIATED WITH COPYRIGHT MATTERS.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR A PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE EVENT.
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