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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1990

PRINTED

EDUCATIONAL

HYGIENE)

ARE MATERIALS

OF BOTH

OFFICES (ENVIRONMENTAL

OBTAINABLE

AT

DISTRICT

THE URBAN SERVICES AND CITY REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

ΤΟ

HELP CONTROL AND ELIMINATE

MOSQUITO

BREEDING GROUNDS.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE URGED TO:

*

COVER TIGHTLY ALL WATER CONTAINERS, STORAGE TANKS AND WELLS;

A WEEK) UNDERNEATH FLOWER

CHANGE WATER FOR FLOWERS AND PLANTS (AT LEAST ONCE AND TO LEAVE NO WATER IN PLATES OR TRAYS POTS;

*

*

KEEP ALL DRAINS FREE FROM CHOKAGE;

PUT ALL USELESS BOTTLES AND JARS INTO DUSTBINS; AND

GROUND ALL DEFECTIVE TOP UP ACCUMULATION OF STAGNANT WATER.

BUILDING CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO

TO SURFACES

PREVENT THE

REMINDED TO REGULARLY INSPECT SPRAY AT LEAST THEIR SITES AND TO REMOVE ALL STAGNANT WATER, AND TO ONCE A WEEK A LAYER OF DIESEL OIL ON THE SURFACE OF STAGNANT WATER DRAINING IS NOT POSSIBLE.

IF

ORDINANCE, ΤΟ

TO A

"UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ALLOW MOSQUITO BREEDING ON PREMISES IS AN OFFENCE AND IS LIABLE MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

TANG ANCESTRAL HALL RENOVATION WORK STARTS

**

MAJOR RESTORATION WORK

HAS

AT STARTED

THE

HISTORICAL TANG

ANCESTRAL HALL AT PING SHAN, YUEN LONG.

THE $4 MILLION PROJECT IS SOLELY FUNDED BY THE IN PING SHAN, AND IS THE MOST COSTLY OF THIS TYPE OF IN RECENT YEARS.

TANGS RESIDING RENOVATION WORK

HANG MEI TSUEN OF PING ITS KIND IN THE

SITUATED BETWEEN HANG TAU TSUEN AND SHAN, THIS ANCESTRAL HALL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST OF NEW TERRITORIES AND HAS A HISTORY OF AT LEAST 600 YEARS.

IT IS THE MAIN

ANCESTRAL

TANGS

OF HALL

THE

OF PING SHAN IN THE 13TH CENTURY. THE LAST LINEAGE, WHO MIGRATED FROM KAM TIN MAJOR RENOVATION WORK AT THE HALL WAS CARRIED OUT ABOUT 150 YEARS AGO.

/THE TANG

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