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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1991

ENVIRONMENTAL BLACK SPOTS IN BASTERN CLEARED

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DISTRICT WERE IN FOUR SEPARATE

EIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL BLACK SPOTS IN EASTERN CLEARED AFTER THE REMOVAL OF 60 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES CLEARANCE OPERATIONS WHICH ENDED TODAY (TUESDAY).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID

THE CLEAN-UP WAS PART OF ONGOING EFFORTS ΤΟ IMPROVE LOCAL RESIDENTS' LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE PUT UP IN PUBLIC BACK LANES OF SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST, WING HING STREET, KING'S ROAD, FACTORY STREET, SHAU KEI WAN ROAD, KAM WAH STREET, HING MAN STREET AND WANG ON ROAD.

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

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 MECHANICAL SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES AND THE POLICE.

SOME 800 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN 50 BACK LANES IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN DEMOLISHED SINCE 1982.

HK TO HAVE FILM ARCHIVE SOON

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THE IDEA OF SETTING UP A FILM ARCHIVE WOULD BE TRANSLATED REALITY VERY SOON, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE. MRS SHELLEY LAU, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE CITY LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG, MRS LAU SAID THE SETTING UP OF A FILM ARCHIVE WAS ESSENTIAL ΤΟ RETAIN A RECORD OF HONG KONG'S SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS.

"TO THIS END, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH HAS APPROACHED VARIOUS INTERESTED PARTIES, INCLUDING THE URBAN COUNCIL, WITH A VIEW TO IDENTIFYING THE MOST APPROPRIATE ORGANISATION ΤΟ SPEARHEAD THE SETTING UP OF THE FILM ARCHIVE, AND TO RALLY THE SUPPORT OF ALL CONCERNED, SHE SAID.

"OUR LOCALLY PRODUCED FILMS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING AWARENESS OF SOCIAL HERITAGE. AND YET, DUE TO INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE FACILITIES, AND OUR FRIGHTFULLY HUMID CLIMATE, A LOT OF THESE FILMS ARE IN DANGER OF BEING DESTROYED GRADUALLY.

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