TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1982
+THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO PLACE METRIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS AT MARKETS AND HAWKER AREAS FOR USE BY CONSUMERS AND HAWKERS,+ MISS CHEUNG SAID.
IN ADDITION, HAWKERS AND STALL KEEPERS WILL BE GIVEN POSTERS AND CONVERSION CHARTS.
MISS CHEUNG ALSO DISCLOSED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD AGREED TO STOP THE IMPORT AND MANUFACTURE OF NON-METRIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS AS FROM JANUARY, 1983.
EXISTING NON-METRIC WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS WILL BE MARKED WITH METRIC GRADUATIONS STARTING JANUARY 1984.
THE TYPES OF PRE-PACKAGED FOODS AND DRINKS TO GO METRIC FIRST WILL BE RICE, EDIBLE OIL, SUGAR, AND NOODLES.
MISS CHEUNG STRESSED THAT A MAJOR COMMITMENT OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE COMING YEAR WILL BE TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS ON THE BENEFITS OF PURCHASING GOODS IN METRIC UNITS.
ILLEGAL STRUCTURES TO BE CLEARED FROM WONG TAI SIN
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FUNG WONG NEW VILLAGE IN WONG TAI SIN WILL SOON BE RID OF ALL ILLEGAL STRUCTURES FROM ITS BACK AND SIDE LANES WHICH ARE POSING SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AND HYGIENE PROBLEMS TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL CARRY OUT THE SECOND STAGE OF A CLEARANCE OPERATION TO REMOVE ALL THE WALL STALLS AND ILLEGAL EXTENSIONS IN THE BACKLANES OF FEI FUNG STREET AND MING FUNG STREET. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE OPERATION WAS COMPLETED ON MARCH 12.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WONG TAI SIN CITY DISTRICT OFFICE SAID: +THE BACK LANES OF THESE STREETS HAVE LONG BEEN INFESTED WITH UNLICENSED WALL STALLS, ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND EXTENSIONS, AND THE OPERATION IS AIMED AT REMOVING THEM TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION.
+APART FROM POSING SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AND HYGIENE PROBLEMS TO THE AREA, THEY ALSO CAUSED OBSTRUCTION TO FIRE ESCAPES.+
+NOTICES AND SUFFICIENT TIME HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN TO THE OWNERS OF THESE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES TO MOVE OUT BEFORE WE CARRY OUT OUR OPERATION.
+AFTER THE CLEARANCE STAFF OF HIGHWAYS OFFICE WILL REPAVE THE SURFACE OF THE BACKLANE. HE SAID.
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