MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1987
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HIGH PRAISE FOR YOUNG CLEAN CAMPAIGNERS
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YOUNG CAMPAIGNERS FOR A CLEANER HONG KONG RECEIVED THEIR AWARDS TODAY (MONDAY) AT A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY FOR THE 1986 CLEAN SCHOOL COMPETITION HELD AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.
OFFICIATING THE CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN- REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR W.M. SULKE, SAID THAT THOSE WHO WERE OLDER BUT NOT NECESSARILY WISER COULD LEARN FROM THE WORK OF THE STUDENTS.
IN EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL A TEAM OF STUDENTS CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS FOR ENCOURAGING CLEANLINESS.
THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGNS WERE JUDGED FOR THEIR CREATIVITY, EFFECTIVENESS AND ABILITY TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES,
MR SULKE, WHO HAD VISITED SOME OF THE WINNING SCHOOLS, TOLD THE STUDENTS PRESENT THAT THEIR METHODS OF ORGANISING, THEIR MEANS OF EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS, AND ABOVE ALL THEIR CREATIVE ARTWORK, COULD STAND WITH ANY CAMPAIGN.
IN THE SECONDARY SECTION THE CHAMPIONS HONOURED TODAY WERE ST. PAUL'S CONVENT SCHOOL IN HONG KONG, MING KEI COLLEGE IN KOWLOON AND KEI YUEN COLLEGE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE THREE PRIMARY SECTION WINNERS WERE ST. CLARE'S PRIMARY SCHOOL IN HONG KONG, FUK WING ST. GOVERNMENT PRIMARY A.M. SCHOOL IN KOWLOON AND THE NTW AND JWA LEUNG SING TAK SCHOOL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE SIX TOP SCHOOLS WERE AWARDED $1 500 IN BOOK COUPONS.
IN ADDITION 12 RUNNERS-UP AND 30 MERIT AWARD WINNERS RECEIVED CONSOLATION PRIZES.
JOINING MR SULKE IN OFFICIATING DUTIES WERE THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE JUC-RC STEERING COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS CHEUNG, UC VICE- CHAIRMAN, MRS ELSIE TU, RC VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR MA NING-HEI, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
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