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Monday, April 3, 1972

CLEANSING DAY AT NGAU TAU KOK RESETTLEMENT ESTATE

Major Effort By Young People To Mark Children's Day 1972

More than 540 young people between 12 and 25 will mark Children's

Day next Tuesday, April 4, with a major cleansing effort in the Ngau Tau Kok

Resettlement Estate.

The project has been organised by a group headed by Mrs. Margaret

Au, Officer in charge of the Ngau Tau Kok Estate Community Work Office, Social

Welfare Department.

The YWCA is sponsoring the project, and assisting organisations include

the Resettlement Department's Ngau Tau Kok Estate Office, the Urban Services

Department, and the Jordan Valley Chiu Chow Clansman's Association.

The 540 participants come from the Student and Youth Section of the

YWCA, the Estate itself, and primary five and six pupils of schools in the

Estate.

Mrs. Au says the project is the first to be arranged by the Group

The aim is and Community Work Division's office in the Ngau Tau Kok Estate.

to encourage young people to take part in community service, and to emphasise

the importance of environmental sanitation.

To do the

Areas to be cleaned will comprise playgrounds, football fields,

basketball fields, and all open spaces and corridors in the Estate.

job, volunteers will assemble in groups of five, under a leader.

An interesting sideline will be follow-up donations to the Community

Chest, because the participants intend to approach relatives and friends for

contributions "matching" the amount of refuse collected

on the basis of so

much per basket.

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