P.R.H. 7 (REVISED)
4000091
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES
DAILY
INFORMATION BULLETIN
Saturday, August 26, 1972
MACHINE TO REVOLUTIONISE BEACH CLEANING OPERATIONS
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The Urban Services Department is about to embark on an experiment
which may revolutionise the traditional method of cleaning beaches in Hong Kong.
The department has placed an order for an American beach cleansing
machine which is able to skim off rubbish at the rate of five miles an hour.
At present, refuse such as broken bottles, discarded newspapers, plastic
bags, fruit peel and empty beer cans left behind by swimmers on the 37 Urban
Council beaches, is removed by U.S.D. labourers.
This method of tidying the beaches is both slow and costly, but the new
machine will help reduce the cost and increase the speed.
As a tractor pulls it along the beach, sand and refuse will be scooped
up. A special vibrating screen will then collect the rubbish and return the sand
to the beach.
The refuse collected can then be deposited into a waiting rubbish
collection van.
Such modern beach-cleansing machines are now a familiar sight on many American and European beaches. With their aid, it is hoped that beach cleaning
operations will become more effective.
At present 110 labourers are employed on beach cleaning duties.
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