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SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1975.
CLEAN-UP DAY AT WONG TAI SIN ESTATE
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IT WILL BE +CLEAN-UP+ DAY TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT THE UPPER AND LOVER WONG TAI SIN ESTATES IN KOWLOON.
TWELVE CLEAN YOUR CITY ACTION GROUPS (CYCS) WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE BUILDINGS, MAIN ROADS AND STREETS OF THE ESTATES WITH BASKETS AND BROOMS TO SWEEP UP RUBBISH AND TIDY UP THE AREA GENERALLY.
THE CYCS WHICH ARE MADE UP OF ABOUT 300 YOUTHS AND CHILDREN, WERE FORMED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICES IN THE DISTRICT - EIGHT BY THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, THREE BY THE TSZ WAN SHAN ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE AND ONE BY THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE (KWUN TONG).
STARTING OFF SHORTLY AFTER 10 A.M. FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTRE THEY WILL FOLLOW THE ROUTE THROUGH MING TAK STREET, TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD, SHATIN PASS ROAD, SHEUNG TAK STREET, THEN BACK TO TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD THROUGH CHING TAK STREET, LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, AND FINALLY RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY CENTRE.
THERE WILL BE A BRIEF CEREMONY TO GET THE OPERATION OFF THE GROUND. THIS WILL BE HELD AT THE BASKETBALL COURT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN CHING TAK STREET AND WILL BE OFFICIATED BY DR. DENNY HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND MR. MORRIS MORGAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.
THE GROUPS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR TEAMS EACH RESPONSIBLE
FOR A SPECIFIC FUNCTION.
ONE OF THE TEAMS WILL DISTRIBUTE LEAFLETS AND HANDBILLS TO RESIDENTS AND MAKE DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT WHILE ANOTHER WILL PUT UP POSTERS ON NOTICE BOARDS AND OTHER DISPLAY AREAS. THE THIRD TEAM, ACCOMPANIED BY +LAP SAP CHUNG+, WILL MAN THE BROADCAST VAN PLAYING SONGS CONNECTED WITH THE CAMPAIGN AT FIVE DIFFERENT SPOTS. THE FOURTH TEAM WILL DO THE CLEANING UP AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE STREETS AND BUILDINGS IN THE TWO-HOUR OPERATION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CLEAN-UP.
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