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CLEAN-UP BY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Thursday, June 22, 1972
More than 200 primary school children from the Wong Tai Sin area
will take part in a clean-up of litter in Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, during a picnic
tomorrow (Friday).
The clean-up has been organised by the Wong Tai Sin Community Centre's
Cultural and Recreational Committee. The Warden, Mr. Basil Leung, says the
occasion, with its combination of recreation and instruction, amounts to "a
kind of social education."
He believes it will not only create the setting for healthy outdoor
activity, but will also induce among the participants a sense of civic responsibility
by directly involving them in keeping the countryside clean and green.
During the
The children will be divided into groups led by teachers.
outing they will be encouraged to pick up litter left by other picnickers, using
equipment made available for the day by the Urban Services Department's office in
Tai Po.
Note to editors:
You are invited to have the clean-up and
picnic covered. Transportation will be available
at the Wong Tai Sin Community Centre in the Wong
Tai Sin Resettlement Estate, on June 23, at. 9.30 a.m.
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