SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1991
* DANCES ITH DRAGONS' CARNIVAL IN TSIM SHA TSUI
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THE 19TH KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED TODAY (SUNDAY) WITH A LARGE-SCALE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FUNCTION THE "DANCES WITH DRAGONS" CARNIVAL IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
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CARNIVAL
WAS
HELD AT THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE, THE ATTENDED BY A LARGE AUDIENCE COMPRISING URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILLORS, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT OFFICERS, LEADERS, STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
COMMUNITY
CAMPAIGN, THE KEEP IMPROVING
SPEAKING AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TO START THE SAID THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR ALBERT LAM, HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN HAD BROUGHT ABOUT MAJOR STRIDES IN BOTH ACTUAL AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF CLEANLINESS OVER THE PAST YEARS.
"APART FROM THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH DAY-TO-DAY CLEANSING WORK, DISTRICT BOARDS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS' UNRESERVED SUPPORT ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
"THEIR PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES CLEAN MESSAGĖ, AND CLEANER
INVOLVEMENT IN VARIOUS DISTRICT HAS NOT ONLY HELPED TO DISSEMINATE THE KEEP HONG KONG BUT HAS ALSO SET A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE TOWARDS A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT,' MR LAM SAID.
IT
"TAKE HE ALSO APPEALED TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL OF THE COMMUNITY TO CLEAN", WHICH THE LEAD TO KEEP HONG KONG
IS THE SLOGAN FOR THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN.
THE
FRESH MR LAM NOTED THAT TO ADD
IMPETUS AND TO BROADEN
OF SCOPE OF PUBLICITY, THE CAMPAIGN MASCOT, THE DRAGON
CLEANLINESS, HAD SET UP A FAMILY OF FIVE DRAGONS WHICH INCLUDED THE COUNTRY PRAGON, THE BEACH DRAGON AND TWO KID DRAGONS.
"THEY WILL CERTAINLY GENERATE VERY IMPRESSIVE PUBLICITY AND ALL HELP PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PEOPLE FROM WALKS OF LIFE, HE SAID.
THE FIVE DRAGONS ACTIVELY TOOK PART IN TODAY'S CARNIVAL, PLAYING KEY ROLES IN A SPECIALLY CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE BY
STUDENTS OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS AND IN A MIME DESIGNED BY THE FRINGE CLUB, AS WELL AS DANCED TO A SPECIAL RAP TUNE PUBLICISE THE NEW CAMPAIGN SLOGAN.
ALSO
AT OFFICIATING
LEUNG
THE
COMPOSED ΤΟ
CHAIRMAN COUNCIL KEEP AND MISS CHRISTINA
DIRECTOR YAU; DIRECTOR
AND HONG
OF
OF URBAN
THE CEREMONY WERE THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR GILBERT
IRENE TING; DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS REGIONAL SERVICES,
HSU; AND ACTING SERVICES, MR PETER NG.
MR ADOLF
/IN HIS