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SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1988
DWELLING BOAT CLEANING COMPETITION
A LUNAR YEAR-END DWELLING BOAT CLEANING COMPETITION HELD AT CHEUNG CHAU TYPHOON SHELTER AS PART OF THE ISLANDS KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN.
ALL DWELLING BOATS ANCHORED IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER, FISHING BOATS WHICH COME BACK FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, INVITED TO JOIN THE COMPETITION.
WILL BE DISTRICT
INCLUDING WILL BE
ACCORDING AND LONG
THE COMPETITION WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS TO THE BOAT TYPES - PURSE SEINER, SHRIMP TRAWLER, TRAWLER LINER
AND MARKS WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE CLEANLINE99 OF BOTH THE INTERIOR AND APPEARANCE OF THE BOAT AS WELL AS THE METHOD THEY ADOPTED TO DISCHARGE RUBBISH.
FOUR FINALIST9 WILL BE CHOSEN FROM BACH SECTION BY THE RESPECTIVE FISHERMAN'S ASSOCIATIONS AND A PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD, REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MARINE DEPARTMENT, FISHERMAN'S ASSOCIATIONS AND ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE WILL INSPECT THE FINALISTS AND SELECT THE CHAMPIONS ON FEBRUARY 11.
THE COMPETITION IS ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND IS AIMED AT AROUSING THE BOAT DWELLERS' AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE TYPHOON SHELTER.
A KEEP CLEAN CAMPAIGN CARNIVAL WILL ALSO BE HELD IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER ON FEBRUARY 11 DURING WHICH A BROADCASTING BOAT WILL. BE HIRED TO MAKE APPEALS TO THE BOAT DWELLERS AND FAI CHUN (SPRING SCROLLS) WITH KEEP CLEAN MESSAGES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
MORE SPORTS VENUES IN NORTH DISTRICT
CONSTRUCTION WORKS ON THREE LARGE SPORTS
VENUES IN NORTH
DISTRICT, WHICH COST A TOTAL OF $100 MILLION, WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS, DISTRICT OFFICER MR MATTHEW CHEUNG SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THEY INCLUDE A SWIMMING POOL, AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE WHICH OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 3,300 SQUARE METRES, AND A STANDARD ATHLETIC GROUND EQUIPPED WITH AN ALL-WEATHER TRACK AND A 2,500-SPECTATOR STAND.
/MR CHEUNG