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CLEAN-UP BY SCHOOL CHILDREN

Thursday, June 22, 1972

More than 200 primary school children from the Wong Tai Sin area

will take part in a clean-up of litter in Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, during a picnic

tomorrow (Friday).

The clean-up has been organised by the Wong Tai Sin Community Centre's

Cultural and Recreational Committee. The Warden, Mr. Basil Leung, says the

occasion, with its combination of recreation and instruction, amounts to "a

kind of social education."

He believes it will not only create the setting for healthy outdoor

activity, but will also induce among the participants a sense of civic responsibility

by directly involving them in keeping the countryside clean and green.

During the

The children will be divided into groups led by teachers.

outing they will be encouraged to pick up litter left by other picnickers, using

equipment made available for the day by the Urban Services Department's office in

Tai Po.

Note to editors:

You are invited to have the clean-up and

picnic covered. Transportation will be available

at the Wong Tai Sin Community Centre in the Wong

Tai Sin Resettlement Estate, on June 23, at. 9.30 a.m.

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