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The almost universal adage about never fouling one's own
nest is recognised and practised by the great majority
of our people in their own homes. But what do they do
outside these homes? They dump litter from windows, from
back doors, from their shops, from their cars, whenever
the impulse takes then, to the extent that 540 tons of
litter and refuse are swept up daily from Hong Kong's
streets, at an annual cost of over $34 million
than half the annual cleansing bill! If this anit-litter
campaign is not mounted soon, and maintained thereafter,
the situation can only worsen, and will cost infinitely
more to rectify the longer that we wait to start it. In
other words, the authorities must start running now to
catch up, and must keep running thereafter even to keep
abreast of the problem, until the campaign
efforts in education and persuasion start to produce
their own results.
initiated
It will perhaps assist you to get a clearer picture
of this forthcoming campaign if I describe the general
approach, detailing some of the means whereby we hope to
recruit assistance from the broad mass of the community,
and to shame the remainder into better litter habits.
The campaign proper will last throughout November, during
which there will take place a massive "spring clean" in
all the high rise buildings, in streets, in public places,
and the communal parts of buildings. This will be carried
out section by section in each district in accordance with
a timetable well publicised beforehand and great emphasis
will be/...