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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1976
+WITH THE PARK'S POPULARITY GROWING WE BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE VIGOROUSLY REMINDED AND EDUCATED ON THE DANGERS OF FIRE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE WINTER, HE SAID.
REGARDING THE PROBLEM OF LITTER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID AN AVERAGE OF 360 BASKETS OF RUBBISH HAD BEEN COLLECTED EVERY MONTH DURING THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR.
AT 9.1 KILOGRAMMES (20 POUNDS) PER BASKET, HE ADDED, THIS REPRESENTED ABOUT 40.64 TONNES (40 TONS) A YEAR.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THREE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN G.I.S. PRESS BOXES THIS EVENING.
MARCH IN SUPPORT OF ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN
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MORE THAN 1,500 PEOPLE ARE TAKING PART IN A +MARCH+ THIS SUNDAY (DECEMBER 5) IN SUPPORT OF THE CURRENT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN IN THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT.
THE PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING MANY FROM VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, WILL BEGIN THE IR SEVEN-MILE +MARCH+ FROM ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND, THEY WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BUSIEST AREAS OF THE DISTRICT.
EACH OF THE PARTICIPANTS WILL WEAR A CAP WITH AN ANTI-DRUG DESIGN AND SOME WILL CARRY WITH THEM PLACARDS PAINTED WITH ANTI-DRUG SLOGANS, ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPREADING THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE TO THE 420,000 RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
A BAND WILL LEAD THE PROCESSION AND A MOBILE BROADCASTING VAN WILL BROADCAST ANTI-DRUG JINGLES ALONG THE ROUTE.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. PETER LEE, WILL OFFICIATE AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY AT 9 A.M. TO SIGNAL THE START OF THE PROCESSION.
AT THE END OF THE +MARCH+, AN ANTI-DRUG VARIETY SHOW WILL BE STAGED AT ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COVER THE PROCESSION WHICH WILL START AT 9 A.M. FROM THE ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND (NEAR THE KAI TAK AIRPORT ROUNDABOUT).
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