SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1981
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LADY MACLEHOSE LAUNCHES +CLEAN FOR CHAR ITY+
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THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TWO WEEKS AGO PROMISES A NEW AND VIGOROUS ASSAULT ON THE SENSELESS AND SELF ISH LITTERING WHICH +BLIGHTS OUR CITY AND THE COUNTRYSIDE AROUND IT, LADY MACLEHOSE SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO LAUNCH THE CLEAN FOR CHARITY+ ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY CHEST, SHE SAID: +NONE OF US LIKES TO LIVE IN A DIRTY HOME, STILL LESS TO RECEIVE VISITORS WHEN OUR HOMES ARE UNTIDY. SÓ NONE OF US CAN BE PROUD OF A CITY WHICH GREETS OVERSEAS VISITORS WITH REFUSE BLOWING IN THE GUTTERS OR STREWN ACROSS OUR PARKS AND BEACHES.+
LADY MACLEHOSE SAID THE SHEER FORCE OF NUMBERS IN OUR CROWDED CITY MAGNIFIES THE EFFECT OF CASUAL LITTERING BY ONLY A FEW PEOPLE.
+ IT COSTS US A GREAT DEAL TO PUT RIGHT THE IR THOUGHTLESSNESS. BUT WE CAN REDUCE IT BY PERSUASION, BY EDUCATION AND ABOVE ALL BY OUR OWN EXAMPLE.+
SHE SAID SHE WAS GLAD THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE AND MORE INVOLVED IN THIS WORK, +FOR IT IS THEY WHO ARE TAKING TO THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE IR LEISURE TIME.+
LADY MACLEHOSE SAID HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE ALREADY WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PART WITH MONEY FOR CHARITABLE CAUSES AND SHE CONGRATULATED THE INGENUITY OF THE ORGANISERS OF THE +CLEAN FOR CHARITY+ CAMPAIGN FOR HARNESSING THIS TRAIT TO SUCH A PRACTICAL AND PRAISE-WORTHY END.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLEAN FOR CHARITY+ CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR ERIC BRISLEY, THANKED LADY MACLE HOSE AND ALL THOSE PRESENT FÖR GIVING A HELPFUL PUSH IN LAUNCHING THE PROJECT, WHICH IS ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY CHEST FOR THE SECOND YEAR.
LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF $220 000 WAS RAISED BY 18 PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS.
MR BRISLEY SAID, IN THIS SECOND YEAR, WE ARE SETTING OUT TO SPREAD OUR WINGS A LITTLE MORE.
+WHEREAS LAST YEAR MOST OF THE TEAMS WERE FROM LOCAL BUSINESS HOUSES, THIS YEAR WE ARE HOPING TO INVOLVE TEAMS FROM MORE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, YOUNG PEOPLE'S ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS SCOUTS AND GUIDES, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SOME OF THE LARGER HOUSING ESTATES IN HONG KONG.+
HE REALISED THAT WHILE THE YOUNGER PEOPLE COULD MAKE A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF EFFORT. THEY MIGHT HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY IN RAISING SUBSTANTIAL SPONSORSHIP.
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