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SATURDAY, JUNE 14,
JUNE 14, 1966
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE RANKS OF AL'S WILL COMPRISE SECONDARY STUDENTS. IN PAST YEARS ALL ALK'S WERE POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS.
ON WEEKENDS THROUGHOUT JULY AND AUGUST THE ARDENS WILL ASSIST URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF IN CLEANING BEACHES AND ALSO ADVISE POTENTIAL LITTERBUGS TO USE LITTERBINS.
THEY WILL BE ON DUTY AT REPULSE BAY, DEEP WATER BAY, STANLEY MAIN BEACH, SHEK O AND BIG WAVE BAY.
SPEAKING TO THE NEW LITTER WARDENS TODAY (SATURDAY), A MEMBER OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN COMMITTEE DR RONALD LEUNG, SAID THAT THE TASK FOR WHICH THEY HAD VOLUNTEERED WAS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT IN THE CONTINUING EFFORT TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.
THE ALW'S WILL WEAR CAPS AND T-SHIRTS WHICH WILL IDENTIFY THEM WHILE ON PATROL.
SWD WARNING ON IMPOSTORS
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS APPEALED TO ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THE IR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TO BE ON GUARD AGAINST PERSONS FALSELY CLAIMING TO BE SWD STAFF.
THE APPEAL FOLLOWS THE OCCURRENCE OF A NUMBER OF CASES INVOLVING DECEPTION IN WONG TAI SIN AND SHAM SHUI PO.
A SWD SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SHOULD ESTABLISH THE IDENTITY OF A VISITOR BEFORE LETTING THE PERSON INSIDE THE IR HOMES. SHOULD THEY HAVE ANY DOUBT, THEY COULD CALL THE SWD'S DISTRICT FIELD UNIT OR RING THE DEPARTMENT'S HOTLINE, 3-432255.
THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD RECIPIENTS HAND OVER CASH TO ANY VISITORS CLAIMING TO BE SWD STAFF.
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