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SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1990

EMPHASIS WILL BE PUT ON FIGHTING YOUTH CRIME,

PARENTAL

GUIDANCE AND HOME SECURITY ESPECIALLY THE PREVENTION OF BURLGARIES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT THE 1990-91 SAI KUNG DISTRICT CRIME CAMPAIGN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE GIS NEWSROOM LATER TODAY (SATURDAY).

STREET CLEARANCE ON CHEUNG CHAU

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A SERIES OF OPERATIONS TO REMOVE

OBSTACLES FROM STREETS AND

ALLEYS HAS STARTED ON CHEUNG CHAU IN THE PAST WEEK.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT OBSTACLES SUCH AS GAS CYLINDERS, BICYCLES, FOUR-WHEELED CARTS AND OTHER ABANDONED ITEMS HAD LONG BEEN REGARDED AS EYESORES ON THE ISLAND.

"THEY CAUSE OBSTRUCTION ΤΟ BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND VILLAGE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

"TABLES AND CHAIRS PLACED ON THE ROADSIDE BY RESTAURANTS ALSO CAUSE SERIOUS OBSTRUCTION BECAUSE STREETS ON CHEUNG CHAU ARE ALREADY NARROW, HE SAID.

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THE CLEARANCE OPERATIONS ARE BRING CARRIED OUT IN PHASES, STARTING WITH THE SECTION OF PRAYA ROAD BETWEEN PAK TAI PLAYGROUND AND THE OLD FIRE STATION.

BEFORE THE OPERATIONS, THE LANDS OFFICE WILL ISSUE NOTICES TO URGE THE OWNERS ASKING THEM TO REMOVE THE OBSTACLES.

IF NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN, STAFF OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL THEN CARRY OUT THE CLEARANCE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE POLICE.

"THE OPERATIONS, TO COVER ALL THE STREETS AND BACK LANES WITHIN CHEUNG CHAU OLD TOWN, MAY TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO COMPLETE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"AFTER THE CLEARANCES, PEOPLE FOUND LEAVING OBSTRUCTING ITEMS IN PUBLIC PLACES WILL BE PROSECUTED, HE SAID.

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