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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1986

+1 LOOK FORWARD TO MORE PUBLIC-SPIRITED CITIZENS JOINING OUR PROGRAMME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,+ DR LEE SAID.

DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL BE ON DUTY FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM ON TREE PLANTING DAYS IN THE DESIGNATED COUNTRY PARKS TO PROVIDE THOSE INTERESTED WITH SEEDLINGS AND TOOLS AND TO ASSIST THEM IN PLANTING TREES.

TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS JOINTLY OFFICIATED BY GENERAL MANAGER OF TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED, MR ROBERT CHAN; MISS HONG KONG 1985, MISS TSE NING: CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS CHEUNGS AND ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR WILLIAM WAN.

THE 1986 COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME IS CO-ORGANISED BY TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED.

SPECIAL TEAMS TO CLEAR RUBBISH

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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS DEPLOYED A WORK FORCE OF 63 PERSONS, IN NINE SPECIAL TEAMS, TO UNDERTAKE DAILY CLEARANCE OF RUBBISH FROM THE BANKS OF 46 WATERCOURSES IN THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT.

SPEAKING AT A MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY) OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE RSD'S DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT (TUEN MUN), MR FU KAM-HUNG, SAID THIS WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL ACTION PLAN TO DEAL WITH RIVER POLLUTION.

MR FU SAID THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDED A REGULAR CLEANSING SERVICE IN ALL VILLAGES ALONG RIVERS IN THE DISTRICT TO PREVENT INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING OF REFUSE.

+AND TO ENSURE PROPER DISPOSAL OF HUMAN WASTE FROM THOSE LIVING IN VILLAGE HOUSES NOT PROVIDED WITH WATER-BORNE SANITATION, 46 AQUA-PRIVY TYPE PUBLIC TOILETS ARE PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED BY THE RSD AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS IN THE RIVER BASINS, HE ADDED.

REFERRING TO THE PROVISION OF LEISURE SERVICES, THE RSD'S DISTRICT LEISURE MANAGER (TUEN MUN), MR JIMMY CHOW, SAID A TOTAL OF 148 RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES WILL BE ORGANISED FOR SOME 6 400 PARTICIPANTS BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE SWIMMING, TAI CHI AND FITNESS CLASSES, AEROBIC DANCE AND OTHER COURSES.

MR CHOW SAID THE TUEN MUN SWIMMING POOL PROJECT WAS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN TWO PHASES.

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