PAH 7
K
香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1976
GOVERNOR JOINS JPC MEMBERS TO CLEAN N.T. BEACH
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, JOINED SOME 40 MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL TO CLEAN THE BEACH AT CHEK KENG IN LONG HARBOUR AREA THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.
IT WAS ONE OF 14 UNGAZETTED BEACHES CLEANED TODAY BY SOME 300 PUBLIC-SPIRITED YOUNGSTERS IN A CLEAN BEACH EXERCISE CARRIED OUT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
SIR MURRAY, WHO ARRIVED AT 3 P.M., BROUGHT WITH HIM A PIECE OF GOOD NEWS HE HAD TWO PACKETS OF CHOCOLATE FOR EACH JPC MEMBER.
AFTER A BRIEF TALK WITH WOMAN INSPECTOR, MRS. SHIRLEY CHOW, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION, AND MR. HENRY LU, URBAN SERVICES OFFICER (TAI PO), THE GOVERNOR IMMEDIATELY GOT DOWN TO WORK.
TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE JPC MEMBERS, HE PICKED UP TWO FULL BASKETS OF LITTER FROM THE BEACH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND DISPOSED IT IN A FIRE.
AT THE END OF HIS 30-MINUTE VISIT, THE GOVERNOR TOLD THE JPC MEMBERS THAT IN SOME PLACES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES YOU CAN'T EXPECT STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CLEAN.+
+SO IT IS A GOOD THING FOR THE JPC TO TAKE THE LEAD, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR HOPED THAT JPC MEMBERS COULD TAKE PART IN A SIMILAR EXERCISE NEXT YEAR.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, JPC MEMBERS CLEANED TWO OTHER BEACHES TAN KA WAN IN LONG HARBOUR AREA AND LAI CHI CHONG IN TOLO CHANNEL.
MEANWHILE, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, VISITED LUK KENG IN SHA TAU KOK, TO JOIN ONE OF THE CLEAN YOUR CITY GROUPS IN CLEANING THE BEACH THERE.
ALTOGETHER EIGHT CYC GROUPS EACH COMPRISING ABOUT 10 OR MORE MEMBERS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR EIGHT BEACHES WHILE THE TAI PO VOLUNTEERS TACKLED THREE BEACHES IN THEIR AREA.
THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDED ALL THE VOLUNTEERS ON THE SPOT WITH NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE THE LITTER AND STAFF OF THE USD (NEW TERRITORIES) WERE PRESENT TO ADVISE ON METHOD OF DISPOSING THE REFUSE.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE GOVERNOR AND JPC MEMBERS WORKING ON THE BEACH ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN G.I.S. PRESS ROOMy ьBEAGONSR JELE=HOUSEïges, Polyse, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191