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Monday, April 3, 1972
CLEANSING DAY AT NGAU TAU KOK RESETTLEMENT ESTATE
Major Effort By Young People To Mark Children's Day 1972
More than 540 young people between 12 and 25 will mark Children's
Day next Tuesday, April 4, with a major cleansing effort in the Ngau Tau Kok
Resettlement Estate.
The project has been organised by a group headed by Mrs. Margaret
Au, Officer in charge of the Ngau Tau Kok Estate Community Work Office, Social
Welfare Department.
The YWCA is sponsoring the project, and assisting organisations include
the Resettlement Department's Ngau Tau Kok Estate Office, the Urban Services
Department, and the Jordan Valley Chiu Chow Clansman's Association.
The 540 participants come from the Student and Youth Section of the
YWCA, the Estate itself, and primary five and six pupils of schools in the
Estate.
Mrs. Au says the project is the first to be arranged by the Group
The aim is and Community Work Division's office in the Ngau Tau Kok Estate.
to encourage young people to take part in community service, and to emphasise
the importance of environmental sanitation.
To do the
Areas to be cleaned will comprise playgrounds, football fields,
basketball fields, and all open spaces and corridors in the Estate.
job, volunteers will assemble in groups of five, under a leader.
An interesting sideline will be follow-up donations to the Community
Chest, because the participants intend to approach relatives and friends for
contributions "matching" the amount of refuse collected
on the basis of so
much per basket.
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