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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1985

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REPORTING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE DISTRICT. THE ACTING DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPER INTENDENT (KWAI CHUNG), MR LAM TAT-SANG, SAID AN AVERAGE OF 250 TONNES OF REFUSE AND JUNK REPRESENTING 25 PER CENT OF THE DAILY AMOUNT IN THE ENTIRE NON-URBAN AREA WERE COLLECTED FROM THE DISTRICT.

THE WORK IS CARRIED OUT BY A FLEET OF 22 SPECIALISED REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES AND MOST OF THE 628 DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE STAFF.

MR LAM ADDED THAT THE DISTRICT'S 1 322 LICENSED PREMISES REPRESENTED 27.8 PER CENT OF ALL PREMISES LICENSED BY THE RSD. THEY INCLUDED RESTAURANTS, FACTORY CANTEENS, VARIOUS TYPES OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND PÚBLIC PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT.

THE LEISURE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE RSD IN THE DISTRICT INCLUDE THE MANAGEMENT OF TWO SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES, TWO SPORTS GROUNDS AND VARIOUS SPORTS AND RECREATION FACILITIES PROVIDING 15 BASKETBALL COURTS, NINE VOLLEYBALL COURTS, 11 MINI-SOCCER PITCHES, NINE SQUASH COURTS, 16 BADMINTON COURTS AND NUMEROUS OTHER FACILITIES.

THE DISTRICT LEISURE MANAGER (KWAI CHUNG), MRS MAO YEUNG LO-LAN, SAID BETWEEN APRIL AND AUGUST THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 219 RECREATION AND SPORTS PROJECTS WERE ORGANISED BY THE LEISURE SERVICES SECTION OF KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT OR WITH LOCAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD.

+A TOTAL OF 11 641 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THESE PROJECTS, + SHE ADDED.

THE CULTURAL SERVICES OFFICER, MR LO YIU-CHUNG, TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT KWAI CHUNG'S TWO FULL-SCALE DISTRICT LIBRARIES CARRY A TOTAL STOCK OF 176 942 BOOKS AND 7 245 ITEMS OF AUD 10- VISUAL MATERIALS.

FROM JUNE TO AUGUST 1985, A TOTAL OF 277 829 LIBRARY ITEMS WERE ISSUED FOR HOME USE.

+DURING THE SAME PERIOD, AN AVERAGE OF 14 239 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THESE LIBRARY ACTIVITIES EACH MONTH, HE ADDED.

BOARD MEMBERS LOOK OVER SPORTS GROUNDS

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MEMBERS OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS RECREATION AND SPORTS COMMITTEE WENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO LOOK OVER SOME OF THE PARKS AND SPORTS GROUNDS AREA.

THEY WENT FIRST TO SHEUNG TSUEN PARK, THE BEST-EQUIPPED PARK IN YUEN LONG, HAVING A FOOTBALL PITCH WITH LIGHTS, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, AND A HUGE GARDEN WITH VARIOUS PLANTS AND PONDS.

/THEY WENT