TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1987
GOVERNOR TO LAUNCH KEEP HK CLEAN SPECTACULAR
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE 1987-99 KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN SPECTACULAR TO BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM ON MAY 15.
THE SPECTACULAR, IN THE FORM OF AN ENTERTAINMENT-EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME, WILL BE ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 6 000 PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE TWO-HOUR PROGRAMME WILL BE PRODUCED BY TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS RECEPTION TODAY (TUESDAY), CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL-REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS CHEUNG, SAID THAT THE PROGRAMME, TO DE PERFORMED BY POPULAR SINGERS, ARTISTES AND YOUTHS WOULD BE BROADCAST LIVE ON TVB JADE THAT EVENING.
FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN THERE WILL DE AN EVENTFUL FORTNIGHT PACKED WITH CLEAN HONG KONG ACTIVITIES ORGANISED EITHER BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE OR THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS.
MR CHEUNG SAID THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS WOULD JOIN URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN CLEANING UP LITTER BLACKSPOT ON MAY 16 WHILE CLEANSING STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS WILL CARRY OUT A LARGE-SCALE BLOCK-TO-BLOCK CLEAN-UP EXERCISE THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY STARTING MAY 18.
+ANOTHER CLIMAX OF THE MONTH WILL BE THE "APPEAL DAY' ON MAY 30 DURING WHICH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WILL BE MOBILISED TO DISTRIBUTE THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STICKERS TO 500 000 CITIZENS, HE ADDED.
A LOT MORE CLEAN HONG KONG ACTIVITIES CATERING FOR DIFFERENT TARGET GROUPS WILL BE ORGANISED IN THE COMING MONTHS TO ENCOURAGE MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, MR WALTER SULKE, APPEALED TO ALL HONG KONG BELONGERS TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN BY PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS CLEAN HONG KONG FUNCTIONS AND SPREADING THE CLEAN HONG KONG MESSAGE WHENEVER AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE,
RETAIL SALES SURVEY RESULTS FOR FEBRUARY RELEASED *****
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN FEBRUARY 1987, PROVISIONALLY ESTIMATED AT $5 832 MILLION, WAS 5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN FEBRUARY 1986 WHILE THEIR VOLUME WAS 1 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS COMPARISON WAS, HOWEVER, AFFECTED BY THE TIMING OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY THIS YEAR WHEREAS LAST YEAR IT WAS IN FEBRUARY.
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