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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1985

MR STRINGER, WHO IS VISITING HONG KONG TO TELL HOW THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT BY OXFAM, SAID RELIEF WORK WAS BEING CARRIED OUT ON BOTH AN IMMEDIATE AND A LONG-TERM BASIS, THROUGH PROVISION OF FOOD, MEDICAL AND SANITATION SERVICES, AND AGRICULTURAL HELP,

OXFAM MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS, HE SAID, WORKED IN 77 UNDER- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, MOSTLY IN AFRICA.

WITH MR STRINGER ON THE VISIT WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG OXFAM, MRS ANNE ELLIS, AND ITS ADMINISTRATOR, MR CHRIS BALE.

OXFAM'S FUND-RAISING EFFORT IN HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE MR BALE SAID, AND MORE EMPHASIS WOULD BE PLACED IN ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES.

HONG KONG'S SCHOOLS, MR BALE RECALLED, HAD RESPONDED ADMIRABLY TO THE ETHIOPIAN APPEAL BY OXFAM.

START BIG CLEAN-UP EARLY, NT PEOPLE TOLD

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NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS WERE URGED TODAY TO START THEIR LUNAR NEW YEAR HOUSEHOLD CLEAN-UP EARLY BY BRINGING THEIR UNWANTED ARTICLES AND OTHER RUBBISH TO SOME 2 000 COLLECTION POINTS EARMARKED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT BY STARTING NOW, THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE AVOIDING A LAST MINUTE RUSH, AND MAKING THINGS EASIER FOR THEMSELVES AND THE DEPARTMENT'S WORKERS.

HE SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY ON WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 20), AND A LAST-MINUTE RUSH BY RESIDENTS COULD RESULT IN A BIG PILE UP OF RUBBISH, WHICH WOULD BE BOTH AN EYE-SORE AND UNHYGENIC,

HE ALSO SAID THAT TO COINCIDE WITH THIS CLEAN-UP EFFORT, THE NTSD WOULD BE MOUNTING A TIDYING UP OPERATION OF THE COMMON AREAS OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS IN THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

NTSD STAFF, HE SAID, WOULD HELP THE RESIDENTS CLEAR THE RUBBISH ACCUMULATED AT STAIRCASES, CORRIDORS AND BACK LANES. THIS JOB WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 19).

AT THE SAME TIME, HE REMINDED RESIDENTS THAT THE DUMPING OF RUBBISH COULD RESULT ÎN A FINE OF $5 000 AND A JAIL SENTENCE.

INDUSTRIAL REFUSE AND DEBRIS FROM BUILDINGS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE CONTROLLED TIPS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR DISPOSAL, HE SAID.

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