XN000022-1981-08-31 — Page 7

MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1981

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NT REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS TO GET TIDYING UP

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ALL TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND BIN SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE GIVEN A $1 MILLION FACE-LIFT BEFORE THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN STARTS IN OCTOBER,

A TOTAL OF 160 TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND BIN SITES AT RURAL AREAS WHICH ARE WOODEN OR CORRUGATED-IRON CUBICLES WITH OR WITHOUT ROOFS AND ENCLOSURES WILL BE REFURBISHED, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

IMPROVEMENT WORKS INCLUDE THE BUILDING OF CEMENT CONCRETE GROUND SURFACE, SETTING UP OR REPAIRING HOARDING OF WOODEN BOARDS OR CORRUGATED IRON SHEETS AND PAINTING THE HOARDINGS.

THE REFURBISHMENT IS PART OF THE +HOUSE TIDYING+ EFFORTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT CLEANSING FACILITIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE STANDARDS SET FOR THE CAMPAIGN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IT WOULD ALSO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND SANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE TEMPORARY CLEANSING FACILITIES, HE ADDED.

IN CONNECTION WITH THIS, THE SPOKESMAN URGED PRIVATE REFUSE COLLECTORS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE AT THE TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AND BIN SITE.

CARELESS DUMPING OF LITTER WILL BE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $1 000 ON FIRST CONVICTION AND $2 000 ON THE SUBSEQUENT CONVICTIONS.

NEW SWIMMING POOL FOR KWAI CHUNG

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A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL SOON BE BUILT ON A 7 000-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT KWAI CHUNG.

TENDERS FOR THE SITE FORMATION AND PILING WORKS FOR THE PROJECT ARE NOW BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE COMPLEX, SITUATED NEXT TO SHEK YAM ESTATE AT WO YI HOP ROAD, WILL HAVE A MAIN POOL, A TEACHING/TRAINING POOL, A DIVING POOL AND A PADDLING POOL.

OTHER FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE CHANGING ROOMS AND A LIGHT REFRESHMENT CAFE.

WORK ON THE SITE FORMATION AND PILING WILL START IN OCTOBER AND TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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