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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1984

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CLEARANCE ON PENG CHAU BEGINS

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ILLEGAL CANOPIES, DEBRIS, REFUSE AND UNWANTED ARTICLES WERE REMOVED TODAY (THURSDAY) FROM STREETS ON PENG CHAU DURING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT DRIVE.

TODAY'S OPERATION IS THE START OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT'S LARGE-SCALE STREET OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE EXERCISE JOINTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE POLICE, THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE. THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

+FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSE, THE AREA NORTH OF THE OLD PENG CHAU FERRY PIER HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS SO THAT STREET OBSTRUCTIONS IN EACH SECTION CAN BE CLEARED WITHIN ONE DAY.

+THERE WILL BE ONE OPERATION DAY EVERY FORTNIGHT AND THE WHOLE CLEARANCE OPERATION FOR PENG CHAU FIRST PRIORITY ZONE WILL BE COMPLETED IN EIGHT WEEKS' TIME, MR RAYMOND WONG, ASSISTANT ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, SAID.

THE CLEARANCE EXERCISE, INITIATED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT STREET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND ENDORSED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, IS AIMED AT IDENTIFYING AREAS OF STREET OBSTRUCTION IN THE WHOLE DISTRICT AND CLEARING THEM STEP BY STEP.

FOR THE EXERCISE, THE FOUR ISLANDS OF CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHAU, LANTAU AND LAMMA ARE DIVIDED INTO 17 ZONES.

+CLEARANCES ARE BEING CONDUCTED IN PRIORITY OF HAZARDS AND OFFENSIVENESS, PROXIMITY AND THE EXTENT OF THE AREA, MR WONG SAID.

THE FIRST PHASE WAS CARRIED OUT ON THE FIRST PRIORITY ZONE OF CHEUNG CHAU BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

+WHEN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE OPERATION FOR THE FIRST PRIORITY ZONES OF THE FOUR ISLANDS IS COMPLETED, THE DRIVE WILL MOVE ONTO THE SECOND PRIORITY ZONES ON THE FOUR ISLANDS,+ HE SAID.

MR WONG ALSO URGED SHOP OWNERS AND THE PARTIES CONCERNED TO CO-OPERATE BY REMOVING THEIR ARTICLES AND GOODS THAT CAUSE OBSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS ILLEGAL CANOPIES.

+STRICT ENFORCEMENT WILL BE OBSERVED AND THE OBSTRUCTIONS IN QUESTION WILL BE REMOVED AGAIN IF THEY REAPPEAR, HE ADDED.

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