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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1989

SURVEY

ON

BY A

MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE INFORMED OF THE RESULTS OF A NOISE PRODUCED BY THE LRT IN SIU HONG COURT WHICH WAS CONDUCTED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER.

MEANWHILE, SEVERAL MEMBERS WILL RAISE QUESTIONS CONCERNING PHASES II AND III OF THE LRT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING OF THE TUEN MUN/YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARDS JOINT COMMITTEE ON MONITORING LRT SERVICES BEGINNING

ROOM ON THE AT 10 AM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN THE DB CONFERENCE

THIRD FLOOR, GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 1 TUEN HI ROAD, TUEN MUN.

CLEAN-UP OPERATION AT LEI YU MUN FORESHORE

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A SPECIAL CLEAN-UP OPERATION WAS CARRIED OUT TODAY (MONDAY) THE LEI YU MUN FORESHORE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCES.

AT

THE FORESHORE OF LEI YU MUN, WHICH GUARDS THE EASTERN ENTRANCE BLACK SPOT BECAUSE TO THE VICTORIA HARBOUR, HAS BEEN NAMED A REFUSE

BY TIDAL WAVES OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF FLOATING REFUSE WASHED ASHORE AND ACCUMULATED THERE.

COUNCIL KEEP

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, ORGANISER OF TODAY'S CLEAN-UP IS BY OPERATION, SAID: "CLEANING UP THE FORESHORE AREA AT LEI YU MUN

ARBA IS INACCESSIBLE BY NO MEANS AN EASY JOB, CONSIDERING THAT THE ROAD AND LANDING FROM A BOAT IS DIFFICULT AS THERE IS NO PIER THERE.

"WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE BRITISH FORCES FOR PROVIDING A LANDING THE CRAFT, THUS MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THE CLEANSING STAFF TO LAND AT SITE.'

Н

RUBBER THE REFUSE COLLECTED TODAY WAS MAINLY FOAM

AND PIECES

OF WOOD.

THE

WAS REFUSE

UNLOADED FROM THE VESSEL PROVIDED RECEPTION

BY THE MARINE TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY DISPOSAL POINT.

LANDING

ONTO CRAFT

AND DEPARTMENT,

A THEN

TODAY'S OPERATION LASTED FOR TWO HOURS. TWENTY CLEANSING

DEPLOYED AND A TOTAL OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE TONNES OF REFUSE WAS COLLECTED.

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THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT SIMILAR OPERATIONS OUT IN THE FUTURE IF THE SITUATION REQUIRED.

WOULD BE

CARRIED

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