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Heng
Fa Chuen
District: Eastern
Housing type: Private housing estate
Property management company: MTR Corporation Limited - Property
Management
No. of blocks: 48
No. of households: 6,504
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¡§Heng
Fa Chuen has increased the quantity of recyclables it collects
by 27%, from 13.4 kg per household per month before joining
the Programme to 17 kg per household per month in 2006.¡¨
Heng Fa Chuen Estate
Management Office
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Two containers have
been mounted on the wall inside the refuse room on each floor
for collecting metals and plastics. Waste paper can be left
on the floor for separate collection by the cleaner. |
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¡§In 2006, we earned extra income about HK$285,000 from selling
recyclable materials which is used for subsidizing management
expenses.¡¨
Mr.
Chao Shing Kie,
Chairman of the Heng Fa Chuen Owners' Committee, Residential
Sub-Committee
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Representatives
of the Owners' Committee of Heng Fa Chuen and Dr. Sarah Liao,
the former Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
in the opening ceremony of the Pilot Programme on Source Separation
of Domestic Waste.
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