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dispose of refuse on the street, the Department has deployed special night cleansing squads to collect such refuse. Moreover, it has, through publicity and health education, urged residents of these buildings not to dispose of their refuse arbitrarily, but take their refuse to the refuse collection points.
(c) During the past 3 years, the situation of littering in West Kowloon did not get worse. Prosecution cases for littering was 5 807 in 94/95; 5 627 in 95/96 and 5 553 in 96/97.
The Department has strengthened publicity through the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign' and advised the public not to litter. Prosecution activities also stepped up. In September and October this year, the Department will carry out a publicity and blitz operation so as to step up publicity and prosecution on littering.
(d) The Department has instructed its cleansing staff not to sweep litter into the roadside gullies. The management of the Cleansing Section will regularly inspect the street cleansing work of the staff on a daily basis to ensure that the work is carried out properly.
If litter is found to be swept into the roadside gullies, the staff concerned would be advised not to do so in the first instance. Should the staff do the same again, a verbal warning would be given. For even more serious cases, written warning would be given or disciplinary action would be taken. According to Departmental records, in the past 3 years, a few newly recruited staff members in Mong Kok District were not familiar with the working procedure and committed this mistake. They were later advised to make rectification.
MR. TAM KWOK-KIU (in Cantonese):--Mr. Chairman, I have several supplementary questions. First of all, I refer to the claim of the Chairman of the Select Committee in part 1 of the reply document that flooding in West Kowloon could be attributed to inability of the drainage system to cope with practical needs. I wonder if the Chairman of the Select Committee had consulted the Director of Drainage Services Department or responsible officers on the reasons for flooding in West Kowloon before drawing that conclusion. If not, how did you come to that conclusion? If yes, I wonder if you are aware that the Director of Drainage Services Department recently attributed flooding in West Kowloon to plastic bags, sand and mud, debris etc. What do you think of this, Mr. Chairman of the Select Committee?
The second part of my questions concerns refuse collection which you mentioned in your reply. I wonder if the Chairman has studied into whether the problem lies with poor handling of street refuse collection, say there are insufficient refuse collection bins on our streets. I would appreciate if the Chairman could study or review the situation to establish whether the existing number of refuse bins are sufficient to cope with district needs.
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dispose of refuse on the street, the Department has deployed special night cleansing squads to collect such refuse. Moreover, it has, through publicity and health education, urged residents of these buildings not to dispose of their refuse arbitrarily, but take their refuse to the refuse collection points.
(c) During the past 3 years, the situation of littering in West Kowloon did not get worse. Prosecution cases for littering was 5 807 in 94/95; 5 627 in 95/96 and 5 553 in 96/97.
The Department has strengthened publicity through the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign' and advised the public not to litter. Prosecution activities also stepped up. In September and October this year, the Department will carry out a publicity and blitz operation so as to step up publicity and prosecution on littering.
(d) The Department has instructed its cleansing staff not to sweep litter into the roadside gullies. The management of the Cleansing Section will regularly inspect the street cleansing work of the staff on a daily basis to ensure that the work is carried out properly.
If litter is found to be swept into the roadside gullies, the staff concerned would be advised not to do so in the first instance. Should the staff do the same again, a verbal warning would be given. For even more serious cases, written warning would be given or disciplinary action would be taken. According to Departmental records, in the past 3 years, a few newly recruited staff members in Mong Kok District were not familiar with the working procedure and committed this mistake. They were later advised to make rectification.
MR. TAM KWOK-KIU (in Cantonese):--Mr. Chairman, I have several supplementary questions. First of all, I refer to the claim of the Chairman of the Select Committee in part 1 of the reply document that flooding in West Kowloon could be attributed to inability of the drainage system to cope with practical needs. I wonder if the Chairman of the Select Committee had consulted the Director of Drainage Services Department or responsible officers on the reasons for flooding in West Kowloon before drawing that conclusion. If not, how did you come to that conclusion? If yes, I wonder if you are aware that the Director of Drainage Services Department recently attributed flooding in West Kowloon to plastic hags, sand and mut, debris etc. What do you think of this, Mr. Chairman of the Select Committee?
The second part of my questions concerns refuse collection which you mentioned in your reply. I wonder if the Chairman has studied into whether the problem lies with poor handling of street refuse collection, say there are insufficient refuse collection bins on our streets. I would appreciate if the Chairman could study or review the situation to establish whether the existing number of refuse bins are sufficent to cope with district needs.
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