MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1988
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STUDENTS' ENTHUSIASM IN KEEPING HK CLEAN PRAISED
HONG KONG
STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE 1987-88 KEEP CLEAN CAMPAIGN SCHOOL COMPETITIONS WERE PRAISED FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASM AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD TODAY (MONDAY) AT THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL.
OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS CHEUNG, URGED THE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF "PITCHING IN TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN".
"THIS YEAR'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST EVER SINCE ITS LAUNCHING 15 YEARS AGO, NEW APPROACHES ARE BEING ADOPTED TO KEEP ALIVE THE KEEP CLEAN MESSAGE.
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"THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SENSR OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN'S MAJOR GOALS, MR CHEUNG SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT ΤΟ ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, THE SCHOOL COMPETITIONS HAD BEEN ORGANISED AS INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE PROMOTION EXERCISE TO FOSTER THE SPIRIT OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AMONG STUDENTS.
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TWO SCHOOL COMPETITIONS HAD BEEN ORGANISED SINCE NOVEMBER YEAR, NAMELY, THE SLOGAN DESIGN COMPETITION AND THE THEME SONG SINGING CONTEST. EACH COMPETITION WAS DIVIDED INTO PRIMARY SCHOOL AND SECONDARY SCHOOL SECTIONS.
THE RESPONSE TO THE SLOGAN DESIGN COMPETITION WAS ENCOURAGING, WITH A TOTAL OF 2,800 ENTRIES.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR SO FAI-CHO, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR PETER MOSS, AWARDED TROPHIES AND BOOK COUPONS TO LI YUEN-MEI OF NING PO NO. 2 COLLEGE AND SHUM CHUN-KWOK OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH SCHOOL, WHO WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN THE SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL SECTIONS RESPECTIVELY.
IN ADDITION TO THE SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES, THERE WERE 17 MERIT PRIZES IN EACH SECTION. ALL THE WINNING SLOGANS WERE DISPLAYED AT THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL TODAY.
MEANWHILE, THE GRAND FINAL OF THE SONG CONTEST WAS HELD TODAY PRIOR TO THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR THE TWO COMPETITIONS.
THERE WERE ALTOGETHER 71 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND 55 SECONDARY BCHOOLS WITH MORE THAN 5,000 STUDENTS TAKING PART IN THE DISTRICT SELECTION CONTESTS. WINNING TEAMS FROM EACH DISTRICT WERE INVITED TO COMPETE IN THE GRAND FINAL.
/THE PANEL