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HONDAY, JUNE 15, 1981

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN UP IN KWAI CHUNG

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL STAFF OF KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICE HAVE UNDERTAKEN 67 JOINT CLEARANCE OPERATIONS IN THE PAST NINE MONTHS SINCE THE SECTION WAS SET UP.

THE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT AT BLACK SPOTS SUCH AS BACK LANES, PEDESTRIAN AREAS AND ON CROWN LAND SITES IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.

DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THEM HAVE BEEN THE GOVERNMENT LAND TRANSPORT AGENCY, HIGHWAYS (NT) OFFICE, HOUSING, NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES AND THE POLICE.

THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (KWAI CHUNG), MR K.F. WONG, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE SECTION, SAID HIS STAFF WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEARING SITES FOR SHORT-TERM TENANCIES AND OTHER MINOR CLEARANCE OPERATIONS CONCERNED WITH PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT.

DURING THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD, HE SAID, SEVEN MAJOR SITES WITH A TOTAL AREA OF 40 470 SQUARE METRES WERE AMONG THOSE CLEARED. SIX WERE IN KWAY CHUNG AND THE OTHER WAS ON TSING YI.

THEY WILL BE USED AS TEMPORARY CAR PARKS, A VILLAGE RESITE AREA, A SITTING-OUT AREA AND A CATTLE QUARANTINE DEPOT.

LARGE QUANTITIES OF ARTICLES WERE REMOVED AND HANDED TO THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT FOR DISPOSAL. THEY INCLUDED BRICKS, CEMENT TILES, CONCRETE MIXERS, CONCRETE DRAINAGE AND METAL PIPES, METAL PLATFORMS, ABANDONED VEHICLES, GLASS LAMP SHADES, A CARGO CONTAINER, METAL BLOCKS AND SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITIES OF SCRAP METAL AND WOODEN PLANKS.

+AT PRESENT, OUR WORK IS MAINLY ON CROWN LAND CONTROL, PREVENTING UNLAWFUL USE OF THESE SITES FOR CAR REPAIRING, CAR PARKING, WORKSHOP AND STORAGE PURPOSES,+ MR WONG SAID.

+BUT WE ARE CONSIDERING EXTENDING OUR WORK TO DEMOLISHING ALL ABANDONED STRUCTURES ON CROWN LAND SO THAT THEY CAN NOT BE RE-OCCUPIED UNLAWFULLY, HE ADDED.

TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT CANCER

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A FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CANCER WILL START ON FRIDAY AT WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE STOMA ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN DAILY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM FROM FRIDAY (JUNE 19) TO MONDAY (JUNE 22).

A SIMILAR EXHIBITION STAGED AT CITY HALL, TSUEN WAN AND YUEN LONG LAST YEAR WAS VERY POPULAR.

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