SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1981
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RURAL PUBLIC FACILITIES DESIGN COMPETITI
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CASH AWARDS TOTALLING $30 000 AND BOOK COUPON AWARDS ARE BEING OFFERED IN A COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR NEW AND IMPROVED DESIGNS FOR RURAL REFUSE COLLECTION FACILITIES, LITTER CONTAINERS AND PUBLIC TOILET.
TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE FORTHCOMING CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, THE RURAL CLEANSING FACILITIES DESIGN COMPETITION IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE COMPETITION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS
AN OPEN GROUP
FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING SCHOOL CHILDREN, A SECONDARY SCHOOL GROUP, AND A PRIMARY SCHOOL GROUP.
ENTRY FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED NEXT WEEK FROM CITY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICES OF THE NTSD.
THE COMPETITION IS INTENDED TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAYING THE IR PART IN CLEANSING UP THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ALSO TO ENLIST PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN DESIGNING IMPROVED VERSIONS OF RURAL CLEANSING FACILITIES BOTH FUNCTIONALLY AND AESTHETICALLY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
COMMENTING ON THE EXISTING DESIGNS OF RURAL CLEANSING FACILITIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WAS NEED TO MAKE THEM MORE IN KEEPING WITH A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, IN LINE WITH THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
+TRADITIONALLY, IN THE EYES OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THOSE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN LOOKED UPON AS PLACES FOR FILTH AND WASTE AND SO THERE IS INADEQUATE EMPHASIS ON THEIR EXTERNAL APPEARANCE AND DESIGN. HE SAID.
THE PANEL OF JUDGES WILL CONSIST OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLEANSING FACILITIES ACTION GROUP OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, MR CARLOS CHEUNG- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR CHARLES YEUNG- THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LIU YUN-SUM- A MEMBER OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR TAI KUEN- THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR A.J. REEVE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN.