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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1975

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*POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENTS' CALLED FOR

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IF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS TO BE MADE BETTER IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE INTRODUCED WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

MR. JAMES ROBSON, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, SAID THIS TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE PRIZE-CIVING CEREMONY OF THE NEW PLAYGROUND CONCEPTS COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE PENINSULA JAYCEES,

HE ADDED : +IN 'THIS RESPECT THE PROVISION OF BETTER HOUSING AND AMPLE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES PROBABLY PLAY THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE.+

HE NOTED THAT THE PROVISION OF BETTER PLAYGROUND FACILITIES WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

+THE PLAYGROUND IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES WHERE A CHILD SPENDS OR SHOULD SPEND A LOT OF HIS TIME AND WHERE HE LEARNS AT AN EARLY AGE THE NEED. IN LIFE, FOR BOTH CO-OPERATION AND COMPETITION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY,+ HE SAID.

MR. ROBSON THOUGHT THAT THE PENINSULA JAYCEES' NEW PLAYGROUND CONCEPTS REPRESENTED A PROMISING START IN IMPROVING THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS,

+THE ENTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ARE IMAGINATIVE AND INGENIOUS, AND WILL, I AM SURE, DELIGHT AND THRILL CHILDREN IN HONG KONG BY PROVIDING A STIMULATING AND ENJOYABLE ENVIRONMENT WHEN THESE CONCEPTS ARE TURNED INTO REALITY,+ HE SAID.

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