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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1990

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YEAR-END CLEAN-UP PROGRAMME HAS BEGUN

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THE YEAR-END CLEAN-UP PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE TO TIE IN WITH THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF "SPRING CLEANING" BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HAS BEGUN.

THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES ABOUT 150 CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN THE TERRITORY'S 19 DISTRICTS,

ADDITIONAL LORRIES AND MANPOWER ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO CLEAN UP LITTER BLACKSPOTS BY REMOVING REFUSE AND UNCLAIMED ARTICLES FROM THE STREETS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR LAST YEAR, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REFUSE COLLECTED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE ISLANDS INCREASED BY 60 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE NORMAL AMOUNT.

"THE AMOUNT OF BULKY ARTICLES SUCH AS UNWANTED FURNITURE WENT BY 137 PER CENT, AS A RESULT OF THE CHINESE TRADITION OF 'DISCARDING THE OLD TO HAIL THE NEW YEAR'"

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TO FACILITATE THE DISPOSAL OF UNWANTED BULKY ARTICLES, TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN ALL URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS,

"MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO ENSURE THAT THEY DISCARD REFUSE IN NEARBY COLLECTION POINTS BEFORE THEY ARE CLOSED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CLOSING TIME OF VARIOUS COLLECTION POINTS DURING THE YEAR-END AND DETAILS OF THE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOTLINE, 8680000, OR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOTLINE, 4145555, AND RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES OF BOTH DEPARTMENTS, HE ADDED.

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THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF REFUSE IN PUBLIC PLACES OTHER THAN COLLECTION POINTS IS A FIND OF $10,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

DB COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES PUBLICITY

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MEMBERS OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES COMMITTEE WILL GIVE VIEWS ON PUBLICISING THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE 1987 AT ITS MEETING TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

A MEMBER WILL SUGGEST THAT MORE PUBLICITY TARGETTED AT MARKET STALL OPERATORS.

EFFORTS SHOULD HE

/THE CHIEF