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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1982
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND NOT TO BE KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT OFFERING EMPLOYMENT TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS AN OFFENCE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF UP TO $50 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR ONE YEAR.
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POPULATION'S COOPERATION NEEDED TO KEEP HK CLEAN
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A PROPER STANDARD OF CLEANLINESS CAN NEVER BE MAINTAINED UNLESS THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE SHARES A CONVICTION THAT A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO A DECENT LIFE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE THIRD CLEAN FOR CHARITY CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY CHEST.
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF SIR PHILIP'S SPEECH:
+THE SECOND CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED JUST A YEAR AGO WITH THE AIM OF MAKING HONG KONG A CLEANER PLACE TO LIVE IN THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. ANTI-LITTER MEASURES BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL ALONE, NO MATTER WHAT RESOURCES ARE DEPLOYED, CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH AND A PROPER STANDARD OF CLEANLINESS CAN NEVER BE MAINTAINED UNLESS THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE SHARES A CONVICTION THAT A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO A DECENT LIFE. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY, TO TAKE PART IN THE COMMUNITY CHEST'S CONTRIBUTION TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.
+LAST YEAR, 44 ORGANISATIONS SPONSORED TEAMS TO TAKE PART IN CLEAN-UP EXERCISES AND A TOTAL OF $520 000 WAS RAISED FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST. THE CHEST IS TO BE CONGRATULATED ON THE SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION OF FUND RAISING WITH A PRACTICAL OBJECTIVE: AND WE SHOULD ALL BE GRATEFUL TO THE SPONSORING BODIES AS WELL AS TO THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS.
+THIS IS THE THIRD CLEAN FOR CHARITY CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE CHEST. THE TEAMS WILL BE CLEANING UP RECREATIONAL AREAS USED BY MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR LEISURE TIME. IT IS UNFORTUNATELY TRUE THAT, AMONG THOSE SAME PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THESE AREAS ARE THE ONES WHO LEAVE LITTER BEHIND THEM, SELFISHLY DISREGARDING THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. BUT, HOPEFULLY, THE EXAMPLE SET BY CHEST TEAMS WILL AROUSE A SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CIVIC PRIDE IN ALL USERS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND MAKE THEM MINDFUL OF THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING OUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND TIDY.
+SO, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT I CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS CAMPAIGN, WHETHER YOU BE CLEANERS, SPONSORS OR ORGANISERS AND AM SURE THIS YEAR'S CLEAN FOR CHARITY CAMPAIGN WILL BE A SUCCESS.+
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