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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1983

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TA PO MARKETS LAUNCH CLEAN-UP

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MORE THAN 500 STALL HOLDERS AT FOUR MARKETS AND HAWKER BAZAARS IN TAI PO DISTRICT STARTED A THREE-DAY CLEAN-UP EXERCISE TODAY (MONDAY).

THE FOUR MARKETS ARE TAI PO GOVERNMENT MARKET, TAI PO TEMPORARY MARKET, KUK TENG MARKET AND CHE PING HAWKER BAZAAR, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE CLEAN-UP HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE NTSD AND SPONSORED BY ALL FOUR TAI PO HAWKER AND TRADER ASSOCIATIONS TO KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM OF THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG DRIVE.

A STREET WASHING VEHICLE WAS SENT TO HELP WITH THE WASH UP.

PEST CONTROL STAFF OF THE NTSD ALSO JOINED IN THE EFFORT, TO CLEAR POTENTIAL MOSQUITO AND RODENT BREEDING NUISANCE AT THE MARKETS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

ARTS FESTIVAL DETAILS ****

DETAILS OF THE SHAM SHUI PO ARTS FESTIVAL, TO BE HELD IN MID-FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR, WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 2 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY)

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SYLVESTER TSE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR KWOK CHEONG WILL ATTEND THE CONFERENCE IN THE CHING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR OF THE SHERATON HOTEL.

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE.

WATER FIGURES ***

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 92.0 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 539.170 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 444.251 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 75.8 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

ONE TRAFFIC LANE ONLY

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TAI HANG ROAD FROM HOUSE NO. 10 TO 26 WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONE LANE FOR TWO WAY TRAFFIC FROM 9 PM TO 11 PM TOMORROW AND ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 21), TO FACILITATE ROAD WIDENING WORKS.