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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1981

BIG NT REFUSE CLEAN-UP STARTS ******

REFUSE BLACKSPOTS THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL GET A +FACE-LIFT+ IN THE COMING MONTHS TO PREPARE FOR THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

A SERIES OF PRE-CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS AIMED AT CLEARING AWAY GARBAGE AT MORE THAN 200 BLACKSPOTS IN TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG, NORTH DISTRICT, TAI PO, SAI KUNG, SHA TIN, KWAI CHUNG, TSUEN MAN AND OUTLYING ISLANDS IS NOW BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

IT IS HOPED THAT THE SUSTAINED EFFORT WILL AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TO HELP CLEAN THE IR LIVING SURROUNDINGS AND IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.

THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, WHEN HE INSPECTED THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION AT THE RUBBISH RIDDEN MOUSE ISLAND, TUEN MUN, TODAY (MONDAY).

MR LEUNG, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF NORTH REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF NTSD, MR LEE SAI-HEI, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TUEN MUN. MR YUE KAI-CHUI, TOURED THE MILE-LONG EMBANKMENT ALONG CASTLE PEAK BAY AND SAW FOR HIMSELF THE PROBLEM OF GARBAGE ACCUMULATION.

TONNES OF DOMESTIC WASTE, BULKY ITEMS, WOOD PLANKS, TINS, BOTTLES AND BAMBOO BASKETS INDISCRIMINATELY DUMPED INTO THE WATER BY SOME 4 000 PEOPLE LIVING IN HOUSE-BOATS AND FISHING JUNKS MOORED AT THE BAY ARE WASHED ASHORE DAY AFTER DAY.

TO CLEAR AWAY SOME 200 TONNES OF LITTER FROM THE ROCKS OF THE BREAKWATER AT CASTLE PEAK BAY AND THE WATERFRONT AREA, THE NTSD WILL HAVE TO CALL ON THE SERVICES OF 70 CLEANSING STAFF AND DEPLOY 10 VEHICLES. THE JOB WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

MR LEUNG URGED THE BOAT PEOPLE TO BE MORE CIVIC-MINDED BY MAKING FULL USE OF THE REFUSE CONTAINERS, COLLECTION POINTS AND BIN SITES LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF VARIOUS JETTIES AND EMBANKMENTS.

THE VILLAGE

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