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Wednesday, March 21, 1973

U.S.D. WORKERS THANKED FOR CLEANING UP HONG KONG

Governor Calls Campaign A Continuing Effort

The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, today (Wednesday) congratulated

workers of the Urban Services Department for doing an excellent job

in cleaning up Hong Kong.

Speaking at a tea party given by the "Keep Hong Kong Cleen"

Campaign Committee at the City Hall today, Sir Murray said that the change

in the appearance of our city had been dramatic since the Campaign started

last November.

"It has earned wide international acclaim, and it has given

satisfaction and pride in Hong Kong because it has made life pleasanter

and healthier for everyone, "he commented.

The Governor said that the clean-up was a continuing effort,

and he asked the workers to brace themselves for a long and steady effort

to consolidate and improve their achievements.

Dr. Denny M.H. Huang, Chairman of the Campaign Committeo also

expressed appreciation for the hard work the labour and supervisory force

had put into the Campaign.

Dr. Huang said that improvements in our everyday environment

could be seen throughout Hong Kong.

However, what we had done was only the first step towards a

really clean Hong Kong, which was our final target, he said.

Dr. Huang pointed out that the second phase of the Campaign will

start in the latter part of this year, and annually thereafter there

will be a development of the "Keep Hong Kong Clean" theme.

In a

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