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SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1984
TODAY'S OPENING FEATURED A DEMONSTRATION BY POLICE DOGS ON PROPER PEDESTRIAN PRACTICES, AN EXHIBITION OF ACCIDENT PHOTOGRAPHS, DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE SEAT BELT CONVINCER, VISION TEST VEHICLE AND REACTION TEST MACHINE, PERFORMANCES WERE ALSO ORGANISED BY THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL, CAPTAIN SAFETY AND GURKHA FIELD FORCE.
OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING THE TWO-WEEK CAMPAIGN WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL INCLUDE A ROAD SAFETY DAY, SELECTION OF MODEL PEDESTRIANS AND A SLOGAN CONTEST.
+ I HOPE THAT THE PUBLICITY GIVEN DURING THE CAMPAIGN WILL ALERT RESIDENTS TO THE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AT ALL THE TIMES ON THE ROADS, + MR JONES SAID.
*WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN GENERAL THE CAMPAIGN WILL DO MUCH TO SPREAD THE ROAD MESSAGE IN THE DISTRICT.+
CLEAN-UP DRIVE STARTS IN SQUATTER AREAS ****
A MASSIVE CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN SIX SQUATTER AREAS AT WONG TAI SIN TO IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR MORE THAN 30 000 RESIDENTS THERE.
ABOUT 120 LOCAL VOLUNTEERS, ASSISTED BY URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S CLEANING STAFF, STARTED THE CAMPAIGN TODAY (SUNDAY) BY CLEANING THE ALLEYS AND PUBLIC AREAS IN TAI HOM VILLAGE.
OFFICIATING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PHILIP CHOK, SAID THIS YEAR'S CLEAN-UP MESSAGE WAS MAINLY DIRECTED AT SQUATTER RESIDENTS TO AROUSE THEIR AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS.
+BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL CONDITION AND RECENT POPULATION GROWTH IN SQUATTER AREAS, THERE IS A STRONG NEED TO STEP UP PUBLICITY EFFORTS TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON THE PROPER WAYS TO DISPOSE OF REFUSE AND JUNKS, TO MAINTAIN THE STANDARD OF HYGIENE AND CLEANLINESS THERE, HE ADDED.
IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS AND PUBLICITY DRIVES WILL BE LAUNCHED IN THE SIX SQUATTER AREAS: TAI HOM, HA YUEN LING, MAN KUK, NGAU CHI WAN, TAI KOON AND HEUNG YEUNG VILLAGES.
RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISPOSE OF THEIR UNWANTED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS SUCH AS OLD FURNITURE AND OTHER JUNKS.
LATER THIS MONTH, THERE WILL ALSO BE A PRIVATE BUILDING CLEANLINESS COMPETITION AND A YEAR-END CLEAN-UP IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AS PART OF THE WONG TAI SIN CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
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