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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1982

SUPPORT URGED FOR FIGHT AGAINST MOSQUITO EREEDING

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN PREVENTING MOSQUITOES FROM BREEDING DURING THIS PEAK END-OF-SUMMER PERIOD AS SOUGHT BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY).

HE POINTED OUT THAT AN ALL-OUT EFFORT WAS BEING MADE THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES BY PEST CONTROL STAFF OF THE NTSD IN IDENTIFYING AND SPRAYING ALL POTENTIAL BREEDING GROUNDS WITH INSECTICIDE.

AND HE URGED VILLAGERS AND OTHER PEOPLE WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION SITES TO HELP ELIMINATE ALL OTHER MOSQUITO BREEDING GROUNDS.

MORE THAN 5 300 INSPECTIONS OF CONSTRUCTION SITES AND BLOCK-BY -BLOCK INSPECTIONS OF BUILDINGS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES LAST MONTH AND SOME 1 400 BREEDING PLACES WERE FOUND AND DEALT WITH, HE SAID.

BUT THE ANTI-MOSQUITO EFFORT WOULD ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL IF THE PUBLIC CO-OPERATED, HE ADDED.

AS MOSQUITOES BREED ONLY IN STAGNANT WATER, HE GAVE THE FOLLOWING HINTS ON HOW TO PREVENT THE NUISANCE:

* DISPOSE OF ALL USELESS TINS, JARS, BOTTLES AND OTHER

CONTAINERS;

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KEEP ALL WATER STORAGE TANKS AND WELLS CLOSELY COVERED AND IN GOOD CONDITIONS

CHANGE THE WATER IN FLOWER VASES FREQUENTLY AND DO NOT ALLOW WATER TO REMAIN IN THE TRAYS UNDERNEATH FLOWER POTS;

CLEAR CHOKED DRAINS AND KEEP ALL DRAIN INLETS FREE FROM RUBBISH; AND

* SPRAY INSECTICIDES, OR A LAYER OF LIGHT DIESEL, OR KEROSENE

ON THE SURFACE OF WATER ACCUMULATED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES WHICH CANNOT BE CLEARED QUICKLY.

HE POINTED OUT THAT NTSD DISTRICT HEALTH STAFF WERE ALWAYS WILLING TO OFFER ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, AND THAT COMPLAINTS OF MOSQUITO NUISANCE COULD BE MADE TO ANY DISTRICT URBAN SERVICES OFFICE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.

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