SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1978
ACTING GOVERNOR HELPS CLEAN BEACH IN NEW TERRITORIES
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, TODAY (SUNDAY) JOINED 80 STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE OUTWARD BOUND (ALUMNI) ASSOCIATION IN CLEANING UP NAI CHUNG BEACH IN SAI KUNG (NORTH).
SIR DENYS ARRIVED AT THE UNGAZETTED BEACH AT 8.30 A.M. AND WAS MET BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR. CLIVE OXLEY AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (NEW TERRITORIES) OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR. HARNAM GREWAL.
THE STUDENTS WERE FROM KOON HANG PUBLIC SCHOOL, KWOK
WAH SCHOOL AND YAT SUN SCHOOL IN NORTH SAI KUNG.
AFTER A BRIEF CHAT WITH THE WELCOMING PARTY, WHO INCLUDED
THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG (NORTH) RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. WONG CHUN-WAI AND OTHER LOCAL RURAL LEADERS AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES, SIR DENYS GOT DOWN TO WORK. HE WAS JOINED BY THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND RURAL LEADERS.
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THE CLEANING UP OPERATION, ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, LASTED FIVE HOURS. A LARGE NUMBER OF BASKETS OF LITTER WERE BURNT AT SELECTED POINTS ON THE BEACH.
IN APPRECIATION OF THE ENTHUSIASM AND CIVIC MINDEDNESS OF THE STUDENTS, THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERS AND RURAL LEADERS, THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE LATER TREATED THEM TO A PICNIC LUNCH IN THE PLAYGROUND OF ONE OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS.
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR MARCH
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THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR LAST MONTH (MARCH) WAS $2,860 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $4,882 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $987 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT'S PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY.
THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MARCH 1978 SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF SIX PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 17.4 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 16.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1977.
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