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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1984

+ALSO ON DISPLAY WILL BE THE WINNING ENTRIES TO A RECENT PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION ENTITLED 'LIFESTYLE'. THE ENTRIES DEPICT THE PLEASANT LIFESTYLE ENJOYED BY PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE RESIDENTS BOTH THE YOUNG AND OLD.+

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ANOTHER SECTION OF THE EXHIBITION WOULD BE DEVOTED TO SEARCHING OF INFORMATION FOR VISITORS, FEATURING A PUSH-BUTTON, COMPUTERISED ANSWERING-MACHINE, AND A MAP OF HONG KONG TO SHOW THE LOCATIONS OF ALL ESTATES.

BEFORE LEAVING THE EXHIBITION, VISITORS MAY APPROACH HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF MANNING AN INFORMATION COUNTER FOR INFORMATIONS RANGING FROM HOW TO APPLY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR HOS FLATS TO OBTAINING A MORTGAGE.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE MODERN HOME MESSAGE, A COMPLETE MOCK-UP OF THE LATEST TYPE OF HOUSING AUTHORITY FLAT WOULD BE ON DISPLAY AT EDINBURGH PLACE DURING THE FESTIVAL..

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REFUSE COLLECTION

ESSENTIAL TO EVERYDAY LIFE * * *. *

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NEXT TIME YOU FIND YOURSELF BEHUND, AN URBAN COUNCIL REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE, HOLD YOUR NOSE IF YOU MUST BUT DON'T CURSE. REFUSE COLLECTION, VEHICLES ARE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT NOBODY LIKES BUT EVERYBODY NEEDS. FOR WITHOUT THEM, OUR FRAGRANT MAPA. HARBOUR+ WOULD QUICKLY BE TRANSFORMED INTO A MALODOROUS DUMP SINCE EACH DAY ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE KOWLOON PENINSULATE ALONE, A VERITABLE MOUNTAIN OF DOMESTIC. REFUSE, TOTALLING, NOVA. LESS THAN 2 600 TONNES, IS GENERATED.

ON AN AVERAGE DAY, THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S (CSD) FLEET OF 303 REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES COLLECTS 930 TONNES OF REFUSE FROM HONG KONG ISLAND, 940 TONNES FROM KOWLOON EAST AND 10 730 TONNES FROM KOWLOON WEST. IN ADDITION TO THE 347 DRIVERS MANNING THE VEHICLES, 790 CSD STAFF ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE COLLECTION OF HOUSEHOLD REFUSE AND JUNK.

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CSD COLLECTION VEHICLES CALL AT LEAST ONCE DAILY AT DESIGNATED POINTS TO CART AWAY THE REFUSE. THREE COLLECTION METHODS ARE EMPLOYED - KERBSIDE COLLECTION, COLLECTION BY BIN-LIFTING VEHICLES AND COLLECTION AT REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS (RCPS).

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THE VAST MAJORITY OF REFUSE AND JUNK - 64.3 PER CENT IN 2 OCTOBER-- IS COLLECTED FROM_RCP'S. IN THE URBAN AREAS THERE ARE 135 MAJOR DESIGNATED RCP'S FROM WHICH CSD COLLECTION VEHICLES REMOVE REFUSE AT SCHEDULED TIMĖS.

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