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SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1994

"PEOPLE SHOULD NOT TREAT THE HARBOUR AS A GIGANTIC REFUSE

HE STRESSED. EVERY BIT OF REFUSE DUMPED INTO THE SEA COSTS,'

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BIN.

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'CURRENTLY THE COST OF COLLECTING ONE TONNE OF FLOATING IS $2,100," HE SAID.

REFUSE

IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THE TAXPAYERS HAVE SPENT REFUSE FROM MORE THAN $4 MILLION IN COLLECTING SOME 2,000 TONNES OF THE SEA.

IS. ONLY A VISIBLE COST QUANTIFIED ON

HULL, REPAIRING THE DAMAGES TO SHIP

REBN DOWNTIME OF THE VESSELS HAVE NOT

ROOKS,

PROPELLERS

TAKEN

INVISIBLE AND INTO

AS

"THIS

SUCH COSTS

AND ENGINES

THE ACCOUNT, MR TSE SAID.

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT COLLECTED A TOTAL OF 5,020

FROM THE SEA IN 1993. FLOATING REFUSE

IN THE FIRST FOUR THIS YEAR, SOME 2,000 TONNES WAS COLLECTED, 500 TONNES MORE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1993.

TONNES OF MONTHS OF THAN THE

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PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT ACP

ABOUT 280 PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS HAVE TODAY (SATURDAY} GAINED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE 10 AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) PROJECTS DURING A BOAT TOUR TO VARIOUS PROJECT AREAS.

DURING THE THREE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR BOAT TOUR, THE PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS SAW THE EXTENSIVE PHYSICAL PROGRESS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE 50 FAR, INCLUDING THE TWIN 206 METRES HIGH TOWERS OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF LANTAU, AND THE LARGE PIECES OF LAND THAT HAVE BEEN RECLAIMED BOTH AT CHEK LAP KOK AND IN WEST KOWLOON.

THEY WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON THE 10 ACP PROJECTS AS WELL AS THEIR LATEST WORK PROGRESS BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE (NAPCO), THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.

"TODAY'S BOAT TRIP IS CO-ORGANISED BY NAPCO AND THE HONG KONG TEACHERS' CENTRE AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO PUBLICISE

THE ACP ΤΟ SCHOOLS AND TO PROMOTE THE USE OF THE ACP TEACHING KIT FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS, SAID NAPCO'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MR PAUL TANG.

AS

THE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING KIT WAS INTRODUCED IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO USE IT AS A TEACHING TOOL IN PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH A GENERAL INTRODUCTION ON THE ACP PROJECTS WELL AS THEIR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES TO COMMUNITY.

THE

/SO FAR,