XN000022-1986-02-03 — Page 19

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1986

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ABANDONED SIGNBOARDS REMOVED

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FIVE HUGE ABANDONED SIGNBOARDS IN MONG KOK HAVE BEEN REMOVED IN A CLEAN-UP OPERATION WHICH CONCLUDED A PROGRAMME TO RID THE AREA OF EYESORES AND TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

SPONSORED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD, THE OPERATION WAS PART OF A THREE-MONTH LONG ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN TO AROUSE RESIDENTS' CONCERN ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND CLEANLINESS.

A SURVEY HAD EARLIER BEEN CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY ABANDONED SIGNBOARDS THAT POSE A RISK TO RESIDENTS. AS A RESULT, 28 SIGNBOARDS WERE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS BY THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE AND WERE THUS PROCESSED FOR REMOVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT.

THE FIVE SIGNBOARDS RECENTLY REMOVED ALTHOUGH FOUND NOT TO BE DANGEROUS, HAD BEEN ABANDONED FOR A LONG TIME, AND WERE DISMANTLED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE POLICE, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICE.

+THE SUCCESS OF THE OPERATION WAS THE RESULT OF THE GOOD CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, + SPOKESMAN FOR THE CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE SAID.

+WE HOPE THIS OPERATION WILL ENCOURAGE MORE BUILDING OWNERS TO REPORT ABANDONED AND DANGEROUS SIGNBOARDS SO THAT WE CAN CO-ORDINATE EFFORTS TO HAVE THEM DISMANTLED AS SOON AS FUNDS AND RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE.

VICTORIA PARK LIGHTS UP TOMORROW

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THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVE LIGHTS IN VICTORIA PARK WILL BE SWITCHED ON FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) EVENING, AND WILL BE ON UNTIL FEBRUARY 23.

FUNDED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AT $35 000, THE LIGHTING DISPLAYS DEPICT THREE CHILDREN DOING A LION DANCE, WITH NEW YEAR GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.

THE LIGHTS WILL BE ON DAILY FROM 6 PM TO 12 MIDNIGHT, AND FROM 6 PM UNTIL 6 AM ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE (FEBRUARY 8). BETWEEN FEBRUARY 9 TO 11, THE LIGHTS WILL BE ON FROM 6 PM TO 1 AM.

AN EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD DECIDED TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THE FESTIVE LIGHTS AND DECORATION AGAIN THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF ITS SUCCESS LAST YEAR.

/+THIS WILL