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SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1985
NEW DEPARTMENT STARTS WORK MONDAY
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THE NEW REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL START OPERATIONS OF MONDAY (APRIL 1), PROVIDING A FULL RANGE OF MUNICIPAL AND AMENITIES SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITOPIES.
IT WILL TAKE ADVICE FROM THE NEW PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, SET UP TO PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE LIVING 1. THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.
THE RSD WAS FORMED THROUGH AMALGAMATION OF THE NEW TERRITORI -- SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ELEMENTS OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT WHICH PROVIDED SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, MANAGEMENT OF MARKETS, HAWKER CONTROL, MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AMENITIES, CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, LIZALI SERVICES AND RECREATION AND SPORTS PROGRAMMES.
IT WILL BE HEADED BY THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, ASSISTEJ BY ONE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND THREE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AT ITS HEADQUARTERS.
AT DISTRICT LEVEL, THE RSD HAS AN OFFICE IN EACH OF THE NINE DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ISLANDS, NORTH, KWAI CHUNG, SA! KUNG, SHA TIN, TAI PO, TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG.
THE DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT WILL TAKE OVER THE WORK OF THE CURPENT DISTRICT URBAN SERVICES OFFICER AND HEAD THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SECTION OF THE OFFICE, WHILE THE DISTRICT LEISURE MANAGER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL LOCAL RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICES.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MANAGERS TO LOOK AFTER THE TOWN HALLS, LIBRARIANS TO TAKE CHARGE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND A CURATOR TO MAN THE MUSEUMS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE CLEANSING SERVICE, THE RSD HAS A TASK FORCE OF 3 400 CLEANSING WORKERS.
IT WILL ALSO OPERATE A FLEET OF 135 REFUSE AND JUNK COLLECTION VEHICLES, 36 STREET WASHERS, 16 MECHANICAL SUCTION SWEEPERS AND SCORES CF OTHER SPECIALISED SANITARY VEHICLES,
IT WILL CONTROL SOME 700 REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS, 1 150 E. SITES AND 63 PUBLIC TOILETS AND BATHHOUSES.
IT WILL ALSO CONTROL 37 PUBLIC MARKETS AND COOKED FOOD HAFRETS. TOGETHER THEY HOUSE 1 10 MARKET STALL3, 2 773 MINI-STALLS AND 21 COOKED FOUD STALLS.
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