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MONDAY, JULY 8, 1985

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THERE WERE NO EFFECTIVE LONG- LASTING METHODS TO EXTERMINATE RATS BECAUSE ALL CONTROL MEASURES COULD BE EASILY OFFSET BY THE RAPID RATE OF REPRODUCTION OF RATS.

AS RATS WOULD MAKE FULL USE OF AVAILABLE FOOD AND SHELTERING PLACES TO BREED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE BEST WAY TO STOP THEM FROM MULTIPLYING WAS TO KEEP ALL FOOD IN CONTAINERS AND LEAVE NO REFUSE IN THE OPEN.

+A PREMISES THAT IS CLEAN AND TIDY KEEPS RATS AWAY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

BRIEFING ON ILLEGAL STRUCTURES

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THE CHIEF BUILDING SURVEYOR OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, MR C.P. TSANG, WILL BE BRIEFING THE MEDIA ON ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN HOI FUNG BUILDING IN YAU MA TEI AT 10 AM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

THE BUILDING, AT 137-139 SHANGHAI STREET, IS ONE OF THE BUILDINGS SELECTED BY THE ACTION GROUP ON MULTI-STOREY BUILDING PROBLEMS, FORMED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

FOLLOWING THE BRIEFING, A TOUR WILL BE CONDUCTED TO SEE THE BUILDING'S ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND EXTENSIONS TO BE CLEARED.

SPECIAL SUMMER FOR YOUTHS IN TUEN MUN ******

THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL GROUPS HAVE ORGANISED A SPECIAL SUMMER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES IN THE COMING TWO MONTHS.

THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, WHICH STARTS ON SATURDAY (JULY 13), WILL HAVE MORE THAN 400 EVENTS, OF WHICH ABOUT 100 HAVE ADOPTED THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR THEME OF +PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE+.

THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE LEADERSHIP-TRAINING COURSES, CAMPS, VISITS, SPORTS COMPETITIONS, PICNICS, FUN FAIRS AND MANY OTHER RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS.

THE TOTAL COST FOR THE PROGRAMME IS ABOUT $180 000, OF WHICH $165 000 IS FROM THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD FUND AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, WHILE THE REST COMES FROM LOCAL DONATIONS.

TO MARK THE OPENING CEREMONY ON SATURDAY AT YAN OI SQUARE, A SPECTACULAR VARIETY SHOW CONSISTING OF VARIOUS INTERESTING GAME STALL COMPETITIONS, SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGE OF SIX AND 15 WILL BE STAGED.

TO PUBLICISE THIS YEAR'S TUEN MUN SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME THE DISTRICT BOARD ISSUED AN ACTIVITIES LEAFLET, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.

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