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SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1984

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THOUSANDS OF PEST CONTROL INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT

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THE MONTH OF JUNE WAS A BUSY TIME FOR STAFF OF THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHO CARRIED OUT THOUSANDS OF INSPECTIONS OF LIKELY BREEDING PLACES OF DISEASE-CARRYING INSECTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS, CONTINUOUS EFFORTS WERE BEING MADE TO ENSURE THAT INSECTS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BREED FREELY.

+AT PRESENT, THERE IS A MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PEST CONTROL IN FOOD PREMISES, HE SAID.

+ THE ANNUAL FOOD HYGIENE CAMPAIGN IS ALSO FOCUSING ON FOOD BUSINESSES THROUGH A SERIES OF SEMINARS AND DISCUSSIONS.+

MEANWHILE, FIGURES FOR JUNE SHOW THAT A TOTAL OF 4 327 INSPECTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT ON CONSTRUCTION SITES AND IN OPEN SPACES, AND NEARLY 30 000 HOMES, MOSTLY IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, WERE INSPECTED BY STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO DEALT WITH 125 COMPLAINTS, FINDING AND DESTROYING 921 BREEDING PLACES, ISSUING 59 WARNING LETTERS AND TAKING OUT 77 SUMMONSES.

MORE THAN 2 000 RODENTS WERE FOUND TRAPPED IN DEVICES SET UP THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREAS, AND A TOTAL OF 2 785 RATS WERE FOUND POISONED.

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO RECEIVED 228 COMPLAINTS ABOUT RODENTS AND CARRIED OUT 57 BLOCK DISINFESTATIONS AND 48 HOLE-BAITING TREATMENT EXERCISES.

FIRST YIN NGAI SOCIETY IN CENTRAL ****

A NEW YIN NGAI SOCIETY WAS SET UP IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT TODAY (SATURDAY), BRINGING TO 22 THE NUMBER OF SUCH ORGANISATIONS FORMED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY SINCE 1981.

THE KWAN YICK YIN NGAI SOCIETY, WITH MORE THAN 40 MEMBERS,

IS ALSO THE FIRST IN THE DISTRICT.

SPEAKING AT AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, SAID THE AIM OF THE SOCIETIES WAS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WOMEN AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS.

/+SINCE APRIL,