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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985
THE RSD COLLECTS AN AVERAGE OF 1 000 TONNES OF REFUSE DAILY IN THE NON-URBAN AREA, MR LI ADDED.
JUST OVER HALF IS DISPOSED OF AT VARIOUS CONTROLLED TIPS WHILE THE BALANCE, COLLECTED MAINLY FROM TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND SHA TIN, IS HANDLED BY THE KWAI CHUNG INCINERATION PLANT.
DURING THE SHUTDOWN PERIOD, ABOUT 75 PER CENT OF THE COLLECTED REFUSE WILL BE DISPOSED OF AT VARIOUS CONTROLLED TIPS AND THE REST AT THE LAI CHI KOK INCINERATION PLANT.
MR LI ALSO TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT A TWO-WEEK OPERATION, LAUNCHED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER AGAINST THE UNHYGIENIC HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION OF OPEN FOOD, HAD CONCLUDED SUCCESSFULLY. HE SAID THAT ABOUT 140 OPERATORS OF LICENSED FOOD PREMISES AND MARKET STALLS WERE PROSECUTED FOR BREACHING FOOD HYGIENE LEGISLATION.
DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED ****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON CHAN CHUN-SANG ON JANUARY 16, 1985 SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
CHAN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF LEE HOI-LEUNG ON JANUARY 30, 1984.
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CHANGES IN WAN CHAI ******
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IN FORCE AT QUEEN'S ROAD EAST IN WAN CHAI FOR ROAD WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM.
THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE:
VEHICLES ON QUEEN'S ROAD EAST (EASTBOUND) WILL BE BANNED FROM TURNING LEFT INTO LUN FAT STREET FROM 9 AM ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 11) TO 5 PM ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 14).
/VEHICLES ON
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