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SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1990

KONG'S

"NOT ONLY WOULD OUR HEALTH BE ENDANGERED, BUT ALSO HONG REPUTATION AS 'PEARL OF THE ORIENT' WOULD BE TARNISHED, HE SAID.

HE SUGGESTED THAT COMPANIES IN THE DISTRICT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT BY SPONSORING THE TREE PLANTING SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD. UNDER THE SCHEME, AT LEAST 100 TREES WOULD BE PLANTED THIS YEAR, HE SAID.

ANOTHER SPEAKER, MINISTER-IN-CHARGE OF THE CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH, REVEREND L.K. LO, POINTED OUT THAT MORE THAN 200 MILLION PEOPLE FROM OVER 100 COUNTRIES WERE SUPPORTING THE "EARTH DAY" TODAY BY TAKING PART IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS RALLIES, TREE PLANTING AND FUN FAIRS, WHICH WERE AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

TODAY'S CEREMONY, ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE METHODIST CHURCH, WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR M.S. LEUNG, AND A DISTRICT AMENITIES OFFICER, MRS BRENDA NG.

ENVIRONMENTAL BLACK SPOTS CLEARED

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FIVE ENVIRONMENTAL BLACK SPOTS IN EASTERN DISTRICT HAVE TAKEN ON A NEW LOOK FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF 51 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN FOUR CLEARANCE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED RECENTLY.

OFFICE

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OPERATIONS WERE PART OF THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

SAID THE RESIDENTS'

THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE LOCATED AT THE REAR LANES OF ELECTRIC ROAD, SHAU KEI WAN ROAD, WING HING STREET, KUT SHING STREET AND LEE CHUNG STREET.

CO-ORDINATED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE OPERATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING HOUSING, BUILDINGS AND LANDS, URBAN SERVICES, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANCIAL SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES AND THE POLICE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CLEARED LANES WOULD BE REPAVED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT AND ALL DEFECTIVE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES BY RELEVANT PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES.

REPAIRED

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