XN000022-1986-08-23 — Page 4

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1986

REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE WILL BE HELD AT LITTLE SAI WAN AND STANLEY CEMETERIES.

PARADES WILL BE HELD AT BOTH CEMETERIES BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE AND WREATHS WILL BE LAID ON BEHALF OF THE COMMANDANT AND OFFICERS.

CONTINGENTS WILL ARRIVE AT LITTLE SAI WAN CEMETERY AT 10.30 AM AND AT STANLEY AT 11.30 AM.

CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT HONG KONG ISLAND (AUXILIARY), MR YEUNG PO-KWAN, WILL GIVE A BRIEF ADDRESS.

MODERN REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES FOR BETTER SERVICE

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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE ALLOCATION OF $2.239 MILLION FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO TRACTORS AND SIX

ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC COMPACTION TRAILERS IN ORDER TO EXPAND ITS TRACTOR/TRAILER REFUSE COLLECTION SYSTEM TO MORE REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS (RCP).

+ THE SYSTEM, WHICH WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AT TWO RCPS IN 1983, HAS PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS, + SAID A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN TODAY.

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+THERE ARE GREAT ADVANTAGES IN USING THE SYSTEM. TRAILER CAN BE TOWED TO AN RCP WHERE IT CAN BE DETACHED, PLUGGED INTO A POWER SUPPLY AND LEFT TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY. MEANTIME, ANOTHER TRAILER CAN BE PUT TO WORK ELSEWHERE.

+ IN ADDITION TO SAVINGS IN STAFF COST, THE TRAILER HAS A BIGGER LOADING CAPACITY THAN THE CONVENTIONAL TRUCK.

+FURTHER. THE ELECTRICALLY-POWERED CRUSHING OPERATION IS SILENT, UNLIKE THE CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM WHICH IS POWERED BY THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL TRIAL OF THE SYSTEM, 11 OTHER RCPS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SUITABLE FOR USING THIS SYSTEM.