SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1984
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CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT CLEAN AND GREEN' EFFORT
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SOME 600 BEACON HILL SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT THIS WEEK ABOUT THE WORK UNDERTAKEN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO KEEP THE PLACE 'CLEAN AND GREEN'.
AND 100 AMONG THEM WERE PERSONALLY BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, WHO VISITED THEM, AFTER A RECENT COMPLAINT BY THE CHILDREN ABOUT THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE RIVER INDUS.
IN A 20-MINUTE TALK AND DISCUSSION SESSION, MR HEYWOOD TOLD THEM ABOUT THE STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AT THE RIVER AND STREAM COURSE RESULTING FROM THE LARGE NUMBER OF PIG AND POULTRY FARMS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR HEYWOOD EXPLAINED IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE MORE THAN 10 YEARS TO RESTORE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT WORKS AT THE WATER COURSES.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE HEALTH EDUCATION SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WAS HELD AT THE SCHOOL HALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
THE CHILDREN SHOWED MUCH INTEREST IN THE SUSTAINED EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT IN CARRYING OUT CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS AT REFUSE- RIDDEN BLACKSPOTS IN THE NEW TOWNS, RURAL AREAS, BEACHES AND POLLUTED RIVER AND STREAM COURSES.
THEY SAW HOW THE GOVERNMENT CARRIES OUT ITS BEAUTIFICATION SCHEME IN BRINGING MORE GREENERY TO PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS AND SITTING-OUT AREAS,
THROUGH THE COLOURFUL PICTURES, THE CHILDREN ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT DURING THE CLEAN HONG KONG EXERCISE IN WHICH A NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN HAD PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN MOUNTING VARIOUS CLEAN-UPS AND PLANTINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
TO ENHANCE THE CHILDREN'S AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN AND GREEN, A PAINTING COMPETITION WILL BE HELD FOR THE STUDENTS.
THE EVENT WILL BE SPONSORED BY THE NTSD AND BOOK TOKENS WILL BE PRESENTED AS PRIZES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
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