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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1988

PROGRESS REPORTS ON WORKS

OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE

PROJECTS AND MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING BEGINNING AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF *THE KKUN TONG DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICES BUILDING, TUNG YAN STREET.

KWUN TONG DB COMMITTEE MEMBERS VISIT LANDFILL

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MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, WHO WILL DISCUSS THE JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL AT THEIR MEKTING TOMORROW, CONDUCTED A SITE VISIT THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING TO UPDATE THEMSELVES ON THE LANDFILL'S OPERATIONS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

THE COMMITTEE LAST INSPECTED THE LANDFILL SITE, LOCATED IN SHUN LEE AREA, IN MAY THIS YEAR. THE MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED ON SITE TODAY BY A SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR KO HON-SHEUNG.

TO SPREAD, LEVEL

THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE PLANT HAD BEEN USED AND COMPACT THE REFUSE, AND THAT MORE LORRIES HAD BEEN DEPLOYED ΤΟ TRANSPORT ENOUGH EARTH FILLING TO THE SITE TO REDUCE THE DURATION OF REFUSE BEING EXPOSED IN AIR.

THE ARRANGEMENT WOULD HELP ABATE THE FLY AND ODOUR NUISANCES WHICH HAD BECOME A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE VICINITY OF SHUN LEE AREA.

MEMBERS ALSO LEARNED THAT STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD STEPPED UP THEIR EFFORTS TO CONTROL FLIES AT WITH PESTICIDES.

THE SITE

TODAY'S VISIT, WHICH WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF AND SHUN LEE AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WAS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMETTER'S EFFORTS TO MONITOR THE LANDFILL SINCE OPERATIONS IN APRIL, 1986.

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