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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1984

THIS NETWORK OF RCP'S COMPRISES 52 PERMANENT OFF-STREET RCP'S 52 TEMPORARY OFF-STREET RCP'S AND 31 MAJOR ON-STREET RCP'S. DOMESTIC REFUSE IS USUALLY DELIVERED TO SUCH POINTS IN BASKETS, OR INCREASINGLY IN PLASTIC BAGS, BY PRIVATE REFUSE COLLECTORS OR BY HOUSEHOLDERS THEMSELVES. WHEN THE COLLECTION VEHICLE ARRIVES, THE REFUSE IS IN MOST CASES PUT INTO THE LOADING HOPPER AND CARTED AWAY TO DISPOSAL SITES.

COLLECTION BY BIN-LIFTING VEHICLES ACCOUNTED FOR 35.1 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REFUSE COLLECTED BY CSD IN OCTOBER. THIS METHOD IS USED ONLY IN HOUSING ESTATES AND HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, WHERE A HOLDING AREA FOR BULK STORAGE OF REFUSE IS PROVIDED. SOME OF THESE AREAS ARE SERVED BY REFUSE CHUTES, OTHERS RELY ON INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDERS AND BUILDING MANAGEMENT DEPOSITING THEIR REFUSE INTO THE BINS BY HAND.

MOST STORE THE REFUSE, PENDING DAILY COLLECTION, IN CIRCULAR BULK CONTAINER OF 570 LITRE CAPACITY. THIS GREATLY FACILITATES COLLECTION BY BIN-LIFTING REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES. THIS TYPE OF BULK CONTAINER IS USED BY MANY HOUSING ESTATES AND LARGE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS WHERE SPECIFIC AREAS HAVE BEEN SET AS IDE TO ALLOW BIN-LIFTING VEHICLES TO OPERATE.

KERBSIDE COLLECTION IS USED IN SUBURBAN AREAS WHERE HOMES ARE SCATTERED AND POPULATION IS SPARSE. INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDERS PLACE THEIR OWN DUSTBINS OUTSIDE THE BUILDINGS NEAR THE KERB SHORTLY BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLLECTION VEHICLES EACH DAY. THIS METHOD, HOWEVER, ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY 0.6 PER CENT OF THE REFUSE COLLECTED LAST MONTH.

MOST OF THE REFUSE AND JUNK IS TAKEN TO INCINERATORS AND COMPOSTING PLANT WITH THE EXCESS BEING USED FOR LANDFILL PURPOSE.

TSUEN WAN MARATHON SET FOR NEXT SUNDAY

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LONG-DISTANCE RUNNERS ARE BEING INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE TSUEN WAN OPEN MARATHON TO BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 25).

THE RACE IS AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH-LONG SIXTH TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE DISTRICT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FESTIVAL'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE SAID TODAY THE 13-KILOMETRE ROUTE FOR THIS YEAR'S RACE WOULD BE A NEW AND MORE CHALLENGING ONE.

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