NOTE TO EDITORS:
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1981
GOVERNOR TO OPEN YUEN LONG SCHOOL AND ARTS FESTIVAL
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL OFFICIATE AT CEREMONIES MARKING THE OPENING OF CHIU LUT SAU MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL AND THE FIRST YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 30) AT 3 PM.
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· MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE EVENT. GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 1.15 PM TO
MR DONALD TAKE THE PRESS TO THE SCHOOL AT TAI YUK ROAD, YUEN LONG. STRANGE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION PRESS UNIT WILL BE PRESENT TO HELP THEM,
CONSTRUCTIVE VIEWS NEEDED TO KEEP HK CLEAN
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR CHARLES YEUNG, TODAY CALLED FOR CONSTRUCTIVE VIEWS TO HELP MAKE THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE FIRST MEETING OF A COMMITTEE SET UP RECENTLY TO ADVISE ON CAMPAIGN STRATEGY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE COMMITTEE, OF WHICH MR YEUNG IS CHAIRMAN, WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. MEMBERS INCLUDE MR FUNG PAK-TAI, MR RAYMOND PANG HANG-YIN, MR WILLIAM WAN HON-CHEUNG, MR WAI HON-LEUNG, MR CARLOS CHEUNG HON-KAU, MR HO TZE-PING, MR AUGUSTINE NG CHEUK-TAI AND DR TANG SIU-TONG.
OFFICIALS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, URBAN SERVICES AND INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENTS ALSO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE.
MR YEUNG SAID THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE EACH CAME FROM AN NT DISTRICT AND WERE ALL MEMBERS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANNELLING VIEWS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SUCH MATTERS AS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND AREAS WHERE CLEANING UP IS REQUIRED, HE SAID.
THE VIEWS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR FOLLOW-UP ACTION.
THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, CHAIRS THIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHICH COMPRISES ONLY OFFICIAL MEMBERS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MARINE AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
TO COORDINATE THE CAMPAIGN IN BOTH THE NEW TERRITORIES AND URBAN AREAS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER, IS TO CHAIR A STEERING COMMITTEE WHICH WILL PROVIDE POLICY DIRECTIVE AND MONITOR PROGRESS.