TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1935
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ISLANDS CLEARANCE EXERCISE COMPLETED
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THE LAST PHASE OF A MASSIVE CLEARANCE EXERCISE ON OUTLYING ISLANDS WAS COMPLETED IN YUNG SHUE WAN, LAMMA TODAY (TUESDAY), MARKING A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF JOINT EFFORTS BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ISLANDS.
THE STREET OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE EXERCISE, INITIATED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT STREET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND ENDORSED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WAS AIMED AT IDENTIFYING STREET OBSTRUCTIONS AND CLEARING THEM IN PHASES.
THE ISLANDS OF CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHAU, LANTAU AND LAMMA WERE DIVIDED INTO 17 ZONES BASED ON AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF STREET OBSTRUCTION CASES IN EACH ZONE. THE FIRST EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT ON CHEUNG CHAU IN NOVEMBER 1983.
THE TWO-DAY EXERCISE AT YUNG SHUE WAN INVOLVED THE REMOVAL OF ILLEGAL CANOPIES, DEBRIS, REFUSE, UNATTENDED GOODS AND ARTICLES. CO-ORDINATED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, THE OPERATION WAS JOINTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE.
COMMENTING ON THE OPERATION, THE ASSISTANT ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILSON FUNG, SAID THAT APART FROM ERADICATING THE EYESORES IN THE AREAS, THE CLEARANCE EXERCISE WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A REMINDER TO RESIDENTS, SHOP OWNERS IN PARTICULAR, OF THE NEED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH STANDARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE NORTH LAMMA RURAL COMMITTEE, WHOSE APPEAL FOR CO-OPERATION FROM SHOP-OWNERS AND PARTIES CONCERNED HAD ENABLED THE EXERCISE TO BE CARRIED OUT SMOOTHLY.
IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY UNITY STRESSED ******
FAMILY UNITY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN MAINTAINING SOCIAL STABILITY AND ACHIEVING A HEALTHY AND CARING COMMUNITY, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF HEEP YUNN SCHOOL, SHE SAID MANY OF THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS HANDLED BY HER STAFF EVERY DAY COULD BE TRACED TO BROKEN FAMILIES, MARITAL DISCORD AND FAMILY DISUNITY.
/MRS CHAN
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