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FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1985

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UC BEACHES TAKE ON A CLEANER LOOK

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A TOTAL OF 26 LITTERBUGS WERE CAUGHT RED-HANDED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ANTI-LITTER PATROLS AT URBAN COUNCIL BEACHES ON HONG KONG ISLAND LAST WEEKEND WHEN A DRIVE FOR CLEANER BEACHES GOT UNDER WAY.

THE USD LAUNCHED A BLITZ ON LITTERERS AND NOISE-MAKERS LAST SATURDAY (JUNE 1) FOLLOWING AN ORGY OF LITTER LEFT BY CROWDS FLOCKING TO THE BEACHES DURING LAST MONTH'S EXCEPTIONALLY HOT AND DRY WEATHER.

A USD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY: +ALREADY THE STEPPED-UP LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ANTI-LITTER PATROLS HAS BEGUN TO TAKE EFFECT AND OUR BEACHES, REPULSE BAY IN PARTICULAR, HAVE TAKEN ON A MUCH CLEANER LOOK AGAIN. PART OF THE CREDIT MUST OF COURSE GO TO OUR CLEANSING STAFF WHO WORK SO HARD TO KEEP OUR BEACHES CLEAN.

+OF THE 26 SUMMONSES ISSUED LAST WEEKEND, 20 WERE TAKEN OUT AGAINST LITTERERS AT REPULSE BAY.+

THE CURRENT DRIVE IS SPEARHEADED NOT ONLY AGAINST LITTERERS, BUT ALSO AT NOISE-MAKERS, SO FAR THIS YEAR, ONLY ONE NOISE-MAKER HAS BEEN PROSECUTED COMPARED WITH THREE LAST YEAR.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID ANTI-LITTER AND ANTI-NOISE PATROLS WILL BE STRENGTHENED DURING WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE SWIMMING SEASON TO ENSURE THE BEACHES ARE CLEAN AND RELATIVELY QUIET.

+AS AN ADDITIONAL MEASURE TO KEEP OUR BEACHES CLEAN, AN AUXILIARY LITTER WARDENS' SCHEME WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM NEXT MONTH TO THE END OF AUGUST,+ HE SAID.

+ABOUT 80 POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHEME. THEY WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR TEAMS, EACH OF WHICH WILL BE HEADED BY A SENIOR FOREMAN AND A FOREMAN.

+ THE TEAMS WILL BE STATIONED AT REPULSE BAY, DEEP WATER BAY, SHEK O AND STANLEY MAIN BEACHES.

+ THE AUXILIARY WARDENS WILL TAKE ON AN ADVISORY AND DEMONSTRATING ROLE BY PERSUADING THE PUBLIC NOT TO LITTER.

+FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, THE AUXILIARY WARDENS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE TO BEACHGOERS AND WE EXPECT THE SCHEME TO BE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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