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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1989

STEERING COMMITTEE LAUNCHES YEAR-END CLEAN-UP

THE YEAR-END

CAMPAIGN

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CLEAN-UP PHASE OF

(FRIDAY)

THE

KEEP HONG KONG

WAS LAUNCHED TODAY

BY THE JOINT COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE.

CLEAN URBAN

THE LAN KWAI FONG REFUSE

LAUNCHING CEREMONIES WERE HELD AT COLLECTION POINT IN CENTRAL AND AT LUK YEUNG SUN CHUEN IN TSUEN WAN.

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OF 40 PER CENT IN "DURING THE YEAR-END PERIOD, AN INCREASE REFUSE COLLECTION IS EXPECTED DUE TO TRADITIONAL SPRING CLEANING, SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.

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"LAST YEAR, DURING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 13 TO 19, AVERAGE OF 5,833 TONNES OF REFUSE WAS COLLECTED COMPARED WITH A DAILY AVERAGE OF 2,782 TONNES," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

USUAL

AND

TO HELP HOUSEHOLDS DISCARD UNWANTED FURNITURE, BULKY WASTE

UP IN ALL JUNK, TEMPORARY REFUSE/JUNK COLLECTION POINTS WILL BE SET URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS.

THE PERMANENT REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS WILL ALSO OPENING HOURS, AND OPERATE FROM 7 AM TO MIDNIGHT.

EXTEND THEIR

CLEAN UP "ADDITIONAL LORRIES AND MANPOWER WILL BE DEPLOYED TO

REMOVE LITTER BLACK SPOTS, REMOVE REFUSE AND JUNK FROM PUBLIC PLACES,

OBSTRUCTION, CAUSE

AND WASH STREETS AND UNCLAIMED ARTICLES WHICH LANES AFTER THE OPERATIONS," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

JUNK AND/OR THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF

THE REFUSE COLLECTION UNWANTED ARTICLES IN PUBLIC PLACES OTHER THAN POINTS IS AN OFFENCE, WITH THE OFFENDER LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $10,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.

IN THE VARIOUS FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS

URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOTLINE, DISTRICTS CAN BE DIRECTED TO AN 5-8680000, OR TO THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE OFFICES.

PUBLIC WARNED NOT TO BRING IN ENDANGERED SPECIES

PUBLIC

AND OTHER WARNED COULD

INTENDING TO VISIT CHINA MEMBERS OF THE COUNTRIES DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) NOT TO BRING ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES INTO HONG KONG OR ELSE THEY FACE HEAVY FINES AND IMPRISONMENT.

OFFICER OF THE THE WARNING CAME FROM THE SENIOR CONSERVATION

FOLLOWING TWO AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR M. K. CHEUNG,

EARLIER THIS WEEK, INVOLVING SEIZURES AT THE SHA TAU KOK BORDER TOTAL OF 30 LIVE AND SEVEN DEAD ENDANGERED ANIMALS.

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