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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1982

NEW PRE-FABRICATED RURAL REFUSE COLLECTION FACILITY IN NT

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TWO PRE-FABRICATED REFUSE COLLECTION FACILITIES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT FO TAN VILLAGE IN SHA TIN AND TING KOK ROAD IN TAI PO ON A TRIAL BASIS.

THEIR DESIGN WAS ONE OF THE WINNING ENTRIES OF THE RURAL CLEANSING FACILITIES DESIGN COMPETITION HELD EARLY THIS YEAR UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES MEUNG YEE KUK.

IT WAS ADOPTED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AFTER AN EVALUATION OF ITS COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND CONVENIENCE ASPECTS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE NEW REFUSE COLLECTION POINT OCCUPIES 12 SQUARE METRES OF FLOOR AREA AND HOUSES EIGHT STANDARD 200-LITRE RUBBISH BINS.

INSPECTING THE NEW FACILITY AT SHA TIN YESTERDAY, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE HYGIENIC STANDARD AND THE DURABILITY OF THE STRUCTURE.

MEANWHILE, A NEWLY DESIGNED LITTER CONTAINER HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TOGETHER WITH THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINT ON A TRIAL BASIS.

IF BOTH FACILITIES PROVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THEY WILL BE INSTALLED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES ATTENDING CONFERENCE

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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR ROBERT HOLMES, IS ATTENDING THE 109TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS BEING HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, USA, TODAY (SUNDAY) AND TOMORROW.

AFTER THE CONFERENCE, MR HOLMES WILL SPEND TWO DAYS WITH THE BALTIMORE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEFORE RETURNING HOME.

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