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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1982

LUNG KWU TAN VILLAGERS UNDERTAKE CLEANSING SERVICES

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TUEN MUN COMMUNITY LEADERS TODAY (SATURDAY) AWARDED FULL MARKS TO THE VILLAGE CLEANSING SERVICES BEING CARRIED OUT BY A LOCAL GROUP AT LUNG KWU TAN, UNDER A PILOT SCHEME LAUNCHED IN MAY THIS YEAR.

THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE VILLAGE CLEANSING PILOT SCHEME IS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING VILLAGERS IN THE RURAL AREAS TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN CLEANSING THEIR OWN PLACES OF RESIDENCE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

LUNG KWU TAN IS ONE OF THE FOUR VILLAGES WHERE THE CONTRACTING- OUT SERVICES ARE NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN BY LOCAL VILLAGE GROUPS, FOR A PERIOD OF NINE MONTHS.

OTHER VILLAGES ARE WANG TO SHAN IN YUEN LONG, TAI PO TSAI AND HANG HAU IN SAI KUNG.

AT LUNG KWU TAN, THE RURAL ORGANISATION IS CARRYING OUT THE NORMAL DUTIES OF THE CLEANSING STAFF OF THE NTSD AT FIVE REMOTE VILLAGES UNDER THE CONTRACT.

THESE VILLAGES ARE TUK MEI CHUNG, SHA PO KONG, LAM LONG, PAK LONG AND LUNG TSA! AT THE CASTLE PEAK PENINSULA AND HAVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 1 500.

TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACTING-OUT SERVICES, AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT TEAM FROM LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICE OF TUEN MUN WAS SET UP AND INSPECTION CARRIED OUT REGULARLY.

VISITING THE CLEANSING SERVICES TODAY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSESSMENT TEAM, MR POON CHIN-HUNG, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN DISTRICT COMMITTEE, MISS NG SIU-FONG, MR LAW KWAI-CHUEN, AS WELL AS MR CHENG KAI-MING OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE AND HEALTH INSPECTOR CHU WAI-TAK OF THE NTSD.

AFTER THE TOUR, MR POON SAID THE MEMBERS WERE IMPRESSED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CLEANSING WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE VILLAGERS.

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