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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1974.

5.W.D. OFFICES CLEANLINESS CAMPAIGN

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TOLD HIS STAFF TODAY TO SUPPORT THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, EITHER AS A DEPARTMENT OR INDIVIDUALLY.

MR. LEE WAS SPEAKING. WHEN HE PRESENTED THE

+DSW SHIELD+ TO MISS LEE YUK-FUN, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CHILDREN'S RECEPTION CENTRE IN CHUK YUEN WHICH WON THE 1973 OFFICE CLEANLINESS COMPETITION RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT.

HE URGED THEM TO DO THEIR BEST TO ENSURE THAT THEIR OFFICES AND INSTITUTIONS WERE KEPT AS CLEAN AND TIDY AS POSSIBLE AT ALL. TIMES, WHETHER CLEANING THE OFFICES THEMSELVES OR EVEN IF THE PREMISES WERE CLEANED BY CONTRACT.

THE COMPETITION WAS STARTED IN 1972 IN SUPPORT OF THE MAIN KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN AND A COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO JUDGE WHICH OF THE MORE THAN 100 OFFICES AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT WERE THE CLEANEST.

IN SECOND PLACE THIS YEAR WAS THE KAI NANG TRAINING CENTRE FOLLOWED BY THE KWUN TONG HOSTEL AND O PUI SHAN BOYS' HOME JOINTLY IN THIRD PLACE.

SLIGHT INCREASE IN TRAVEL FIGURES

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A TOTAL OF 7,469,001 TRAVELLERS ENTERED OR LEFT HONG KONG DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AN INCREASE OF ONLY 3.12 PER CENT OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR WHEN THE FIGURE WAS 7,242,857.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT THIS WAS A BIG DROP IN THE NORMAL GROWTH RATE, +AND REFLECTS THE DECLINE IN TOURISM CREATED BY THE OIL CRISIS, COMBINED WITH A GENERAL RECESSION.+

IN 1973/74, HE NOTED, AN INCREASE OF 19 PER CENT WAS RECORDED OVER THE FIGURE FOR 1972/73.

THE FIGURES INCLUDE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES BY AIR, LAND AND SEA CLEARED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND DO NOT INCLUDE TRANSIENTS OR PERSONS REFUSED PERMISSION TO LAND.

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