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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1991
JULY
14
AT
TOWER
THE CARNIVAL IS SCHEDULED FOR
STARTING (SUNDAY) 10.30 AM AT THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE PIAZZA NEAR THE CLOCK IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
H
BY MISS TING "THE GARDEN CELEBRATION" IN NOVEMBER, DESCRIBED
THE WILL BE UNVEILED IN AS A "VISUAL AND SYMBOLIC ATTENTION-GRABBER* CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT IN CENTRAL.
ON
DISTRICT
PARTICIPATION, MISS
TING
ENCOURAGE DISTRICT
ΤΟ BOARDS
THE SAID
STEERING ORGANISE CLEAN-UP
COMMITTEE WOULD OPERATIONS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN.
1991/92
PLANNED FOR AND AUGUST, OCTOBER, CLEAN CLEAN-UP IN AND A
ONGOING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS
BEACH EXERCISES IN JULY INCLUDE CLEAN
AND SEPTEMBER BLOCK-TO-BLOCK CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN COUNTRYSIDE EXERCISES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, YEAR-END
ARRAS AND VILLAGES JANUARY 1992, CLEAN
SQUATTER
CONTINUOUS CLEAN TYPHOON SHELTER OPERATION.
IN MARCH
MISS TING NOTED
THAT DURING EACH PHASE OF THE PROGRAMME,
STEP UP LAW ENFORCEMENT
ΤΟ
GIVE
CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS WOULD DETERRENCE TO INDISCRIMINATE LITTERING.
"DURING THE CLEAN BEACH PHASE,
THE AUXILIARY LITTER WARDEN SCHEME WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND EXPANDED TO INVOLVE SOME 2,700 STUDENTS FROM 84 SCHOOLS TO HELP CLEAN UP 11 BEACHES ON HONG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,
SHE SAID.
MISS TING ALSO APPEALED TO MEMBERS
KONG ISLAND AND
OF THE PUBLIC, VOLUNTARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND LITTER-PICKING
AGENCIES AND FIRMS TO CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TO ORGANISE GROUPS ON BEACHES AND IN COUNTRY PARKS AS A KIND OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, AS THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE SEEN AS A COMBINED EFFORT OF THE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENT.
COMMUNITY,
DROP IN NUMBER OF NEW TB CASES CONTINUES
THERE
A HAS REEN
CONTINUOUS DROP IN THE NUMBER OF NEW TUBERCULOSIS CASES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IN HONG KONG.
HEALTH, THE DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION, SAID THIS AT THE
TODAY (THURSDAY).
HIS IN
CAPACITY AS
DR S.H. LEE, TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
OF
PER 112.2
LAST
POPULATION,
HE SAID THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 6,510 NEW TUBERCULOSIS CASES
A
RATE YEAR WITH
NOTIFICATION
100,000 COMPARED WITH 6,704 CASES AND A NOTIFICATION RATE OF 116.4 IN 1989.
THE FIGURES