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SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1982

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YVEN LONG COOKED FOOD STALLS FOR AUCTION

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FOUR STALLS AT KIK YEUNG ROAD COOKED FOOD MARKET IN YUEN LONG WILL DE PUT UP FOR PUBLIC AUCTION ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 13).

THE AUCTION, WHICH START AT 10 AM, WILL BE HELD AT THE OFFICE OF PING SHAN RURAL COMMITTEE AT ON NING ROAD, YUEN LONG,

THE UPSET PRICE FOR EACH OF THE 18.5-SQUARE-METRE STALL SELLING COOKED FOOD 13 1 75 PER MONTH.

A SUCCESSFUL BINDER CAV START OPERATING BUSINESS ON

FEBRUARY 1 FOR A CONTRACT PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.

O'LY PERSONS AGED 21 CR DOVE CAN TAKE PART IN THE AUCTION AND POTENTIAL DIDDERS ARE REQUESTED TO BRING ALONG THE IR

IDENTITY CARDS AND FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS.

INTERESTED PERSONS MAY CONTACT THE HAWKERS AND MARKETS SECTION OF YUEN LONG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE ON TELEPHONE 0-792261 EXT. 112 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

ANTI-MOSQUITO OPERATION IN NT

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AN EXTENSIVE ANTI-MOSQUITO OPERATION IS BEING LAUNCHED THROUGHOUT THE RURAL AREA AND THE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

NIME WORKING TEAMS HAVE BEEN SET UP BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE EXERCISE.

MORE THAN 100 WORKERS ARE NOW DEPLOYED AT VARIOUS POTENTIAL MOSQUITO BREEDING PLACES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

EQUIPPED WITH SPRAYERS AND INSECTICIDE, GRASS CUTTING AND ROCK REMOVAL TOOLS, THEY WILL TRACK INTO REMOTE AREAS AND CLIMB HILLS TO REACH STREAM COURSES TO SPRAY OIL ON THEM TO PREVENT MOSQUITOES FROM BREEDING.

EFFORTS ARE ALSO BEING MADE IN THE NEW TOWNS TO ELIMINATE ALL MOSQUITO BREEDING GROUNDS DURING THE COURSE OF THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID.

RESIDENTS LIVING IN VILLAGES AND IN THE NEW TOWNS ARE URGED POT TO ALLOW STAGNANT WATER TO FORM IN THEIR AREA. CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO HELP PREVENT THEIR BUILDING SITES FROM BECOMING BREEDING GROUNDS FOR MOSQUITOES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.