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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1981

GOVERNOR PLEASED WITH CLEAN-UP DRIVE RESPONSE

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PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN WAS VERY GOOD, SAID THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING AS HE TOURED THE REFUSE-RIDDEN HA KWAI CHUNG VILLAGE WHERE A CLEAN UP OPERATION WAS BEING CARRIED OUT.

THE WHOLE POINT OF THE CAMPAIGN IS TO SPONGE UP VILLAGE AFTER VILLAGE, AND PLACE AFTER PLACE TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

+ONCE THE PUBLIC SEE THE PLACE IS CLEAN, I AM SURE THEY WANT TO KEEP IT CLEAN, HE SAID.

HE ALSO URGED THE MASS MEDIA TO HELP PUBLICISE MORE WIDELY THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

TOURING THE HA KWAI CHUNG VILLAGE, SIR MURRAY SAW A VILLAGE- WIDE, HOUSE-TO-HOUSE CLEAN-UP EFFORT MOUNTED BY CLEANSING WORKERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR BRIAN WILSON, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, AND THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN_CO-ORDINATOR, MR MARTIN LEWIS, THE GOVERNOR WALKED AROUND THE RESITE VILLAGE OF 62 TWO-STOREY BUILDINGS.

SIR MURRAY WAS BRIEFED BY THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF KWAI CHUNG, MR CHAN TAI-YIU, ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CLEANSING SERVICES BEING PROVIDED.

TEMPORARY REFUSE-COLLECTION POINTS WERE SET UP AT SEPARATE LOCATIONS IN THE VILLAGE FOR THE 1 200 RESIDENTS TO DEPOSIT BULKY ITEMS DURING TODAY'S OPERATION.

SOME 50 NTSD WORKERS CLEARED AWAY RUBBISH ACCUMULATED ON ROADSIDES, OPEN SPACES AND HILLSIDES ALONG SUN KWAI ROAD AND TANG UK ROAD.

THE PARTY WATCHED A POWERFUL AND EFFICIENT REFUSE-COLLECTION VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A COMPACTION DEVICE WHICH CAN COLLECT UP TO 6.5 TONNES OF COMPACTED REFUSE, BEING USED.

THE VEHICLE IS ONE OF 50 NEW, SOPHISTICATED MACHINES RECENTLY INTRODUCED INTO THE NTSD CLEANSING SERVICES IN TIME FOR THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

THE GOVERNOR THEN WALKED OVER TO A VANTAGE POINT TO VIEW THE POLICE POUND AT A SITE AT TAI LIN PAI ROAD, WHICH CONTAINS 360 VEHICLES THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED FOR A LONG TIME ON THE ROADS OR PAVEMENTS.

/THE VEHICLES