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the New Territories townships, and by the end of the year six combined latrine/bathhouses and six latrines were in operation. Hot and cold water is supplied free of charge for a limited period daily in the bathhouses. Modern market buildings and hawker bazaars are also being planned for several townships.
In rural areas where there is no mains water supply the New Territories Administration builds public aqua privies under its local public works scheme. Fifty one of these are now in opera- tion, of which 18 have been built as part of the rural sanitation scheme administered by the Principal Medical Officer of Health, New Territories. A sanitary survey at all villages in the New Territories was completed and the problem of water supplies, housing, refuse disposal and disposal of night-soil reviewed in detail.
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