SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1979
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SWEETMAN SOUR ON LAP SAP CHUNG'S
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THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER OF THE NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN, WARNED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT UNLESS PEOPLE STOPPED LITTERING THE COUNTRYSIDE, IT WOULD REACH THE STAGE WHERE +IT WILL MAKE A PIGSTY LOOK CLEAN.+
HE GAVE THE WARNING WHEN OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT AQUATIC CARNIVAL AT CASTLE PEAK BEACH TO MARK THE START OF THE DISTRICT'S CLEAN BEACHES CAMPAIGN.
MR. SWEETMAN SAID THERE WAS ALREADY A TERRIBLE AMOUNT OF LITTER IN THE WATERS AND ON THE BEACHES AND THE PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE.
WHY IS IT GETTING WORSE?+ HE ASKED. +FIRSTLY, BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT TO ENJOY A DAY AT THE SEASIDE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OUR WORKERS NOW HAVE MORE LEISURE TIME.
+WE ARE ALL ENJOYING AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE AND HAVE BECOME THE ENVY OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.+
MANY OVERSEAS CHINESE LOOK BACK ON HONG KONG AS A HEAVEN ON EARTH, SPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM WAR AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, HE POINTED OUT.
+BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO OUR HEAVEN?
+IF WE GO ON WITH OUR FILTHY HABITS OF THROWING LITTER ALL OVER THE PLACE, WE SHALL TURN OUR HEAVEN INTO A HELL,+ MR. SWEETMAN SAID.
+THEREFORE,+ HE STRESSED, THE DUTY OF ALL OF US IS TO SHOW PUBLIC SPIRIT AND CO-OPERATION AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY DO ENJOY OUR RECREATION IN COMFORT AND CLEANLINESS RATHER THAN IN CONDITIONS WHICH, IF NOT CHECKED, WILL MAKE A PIGSTY LOOK CLEAN.+
TODAY'S FUNCTION PARTICIPATED BY SOME 5,000 LOCAL RESIDENTS WAS ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUILDING CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WHICH COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES OF THE +FIVE OS+ — THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE, THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE, THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICE AND THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE.
IT FEATURED A VARIETY OF WATER SPORTS, GAMES AND COMPETITIONS AS WELL AS A SWEEPING EXERCISE TO DRIVE HOME THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE OF KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN.