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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1988.
MORE MOTORISED SAMPANS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE
TYPHOON
SHELTERS
TO COLLECT REFUSE, AND, STARTING THIS MONTH, AN ADDITIONAL MODERN REFUSE RECEPTION VESSEL WILL BE HIRED TO STRENGTHEN THE SERVICE.
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"WE ALSO DISTRIBUTE ABOUT 600 PLASTIC BOAT DWELLERS IN THE TYPHOON SHELTERS OF YAU ALDRICH BAY, ABERDEEN AND SAI KUNG EVERY DAY,' THAT, HOWEVER, USUALLY ONLY ABOUT 300 GARBAGE RETURNED.
GARBAGE BAGS DAILY TO MA TEI, CAUSEWAY BAY,
MR LEUNG SAID, ADDING BAGS OF REFUSE WERE
"WE ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MORE BOAT DWELLERS TO MAKE USE OF THE GARBAGE BAGS, HE POINTED OUT.
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IN ORDER TO PUBLICISE THE KEEP HARBOUR CLEAN MESSAGE ON A WIDER SCALE, A CLEAN WATER API (ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST) WILL BE SHOWN ON TELEVISION FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AND, IN ADDITION, POSTERS WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH.
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PRODUCED LEAFLETS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO BOAT DWELLERS AND FISHERMEN IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, MARINE OFFICERS ARE SENT ON BOARD FERRIES AND ON PATROLS OF THE SHORE LINE то COMBAT "MARINE LITTERING", OFFENDERS COULD FACE PROSECUTION.
LETTERS HAVE ALSO BEEN SENT TO ALL YACHT CLUBS URGING THEIR MEMBERS TO REPORT MARINE LITTER-BUGS.
"IF YOU FIND ANYONE DUMPING LITTER INTO THE SEA, PLEASE REPORT TO THE MARINE DISTRICT OFFICES, HE SAID. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE MADE ON 5-8523001.
UNDER PRESENT LEGISLATION, ANY PERSON WHO ILLEGALLY DUMPS LITTER INTO THE SEA IS LIABLE ΤΟ A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL GROUP CALLS ON TAI PO DB
REPRESENTATIVES OF NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL VISITED THE ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT BOARD THIS {THURSDAY) MORNING TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE RESITING OF THE HOSPITAL AND TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE DISTRICT.
LED BY THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT, DR CHEN CHUNG-I, THE REPRESENTATIVES WERE MET AT THE DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT BY THE BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO YUNG-SANG, TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN BURRETT, AND CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD'S FIVE COMMITTEES,
/MR HO
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