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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986

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TONNES OF REFUSE COLLECTED IN KWUN TONG DAILY

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REFUSE COLLECTED IN KWUN TONG IN A DAY IS EQUIVALENT TO THE WEIGHT OF 75 ELEPHANTS, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CLEAN KWUN TONG CARNIVAL, MR MAK SAID: THE 700 000 RESIDENTS AND 160 000 WORKERS IN KWUN TONG, ON THE AVERAGE, DISPOSE OF REFUSE AMOUNTING TO 345 TONNES A DAY.+

THE ALREADY SUBSTANTIAL FIGURE WOULD INCREASE FURTHER BY 50 PER CENT TO ABOUT 550 TONNES DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR, HE ADDED.

MR MAK URGED RESIDENTS TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THEIR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND TIDY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE NEW YEAR PERIOD.

TURNING TO THE FORTHCOMING URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON MARCH 6, MR MAK HOPED LOCAL PEOPLE WOULD LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THE TWO SEATS IN THE KWUN TONG EAST AND WEST CONSTITUENCIES.

ALL REGISTERED VOTERS SHOULD ALSO TURN UP AT THE POLLING STATIONS AND CAST THE IR VOTES ON POLLING DAY, HE NOTED.

TODAY'S CARNIVAL WAS ORGANISED AS PART OF THE CURRENT CLEAN KWUN TONG CAMPAIGN BY THE CAMPAIGN'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND URBAN COUNCIL.

COSTING $120 000, THE CAMPAIGN ALSO FEATURES A LYRIC-WRITING COMPETITION, A SLOGAN COMPETITION, DISTRIBUTION OF LITTER BAGS AND BINS TO SQUATTERS AND HAWKERS, AND PROJECTS ORGANISED BY THE 14 LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES.

POTTED VEGETABLE GROWING EXHIBITION ****

AN EXHIBITION OF POTTED VEGETABLES GROWN BY PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN LIVING IN THE URBAN AREA WILL BE HELD AT THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TEACHING CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, FROM TUESDAY (JANUARY 21) AFTERNOON.

ON DISPLAY WILL BE MORE THAN 200 SELECTED ENTRIES OF THE 5TH URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN VEGETABLE GROWING (IN POTS) COMPETITION FROM 77 SCHOOLS.

THE COMPETITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN LIVING IN THE URBAN AREA TO LEARN THROUGH PARTICIPATION ABOUT THE GROWTH OF PLANTS.

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