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MONDAY, JULY 19, 1976.

CLEAN-UP OPERATION IN SAI KUNG ENDS TOMORROW

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A PARTY OF YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALISTS WILL TOMORROW (TUESDAY) COMPLETE A THREE-DAY CLEAN UP OF THE KEI LING HA PICNIC AREA

AND THEIR FINAL +HAUL+ WILL BE ABOUT 400 BASKETS OF RUBBISH.

SINCE SUNDAY, THE 35 YOUNGSTERS, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH ENVIRONMENT ACTION GROUP, HAVE BEEN COLLECTING RUBBISH FROM THE AREA AS WELL AS DISTRIBUTING CONSERVATION LITERATURE TO PICNICKERS.

TAI PO, THEY WERE VISITED TODAY BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. CLIVE OXLEY, AND THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. WONG CHUN-WAI AND MR. LAU MAN-HEI.

MR. OXLEY PRAISED THE GROUP FOR GIVING UP THEIR FREE TIME TO CLEAN UP A POPULAR NEW TERRITORIES RECREATIONAL SPOT.

+THE Y.E.A.G. EFFORT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY MUST WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ENSURE WE CONSERVE OUR SCENIC SPOT,+ MR. OXLEY TOLD THE GROUP.

CBF VISITS HOUSING ESTATES

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THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR JOHN ARCHER HIS WIFE AND THEIR TWO SONS TODAY SPENT THREE HOURS VISITING VARIOUS TYPES OF HOUSING ESTATES IN KOWLOON.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR. D.P.H. LIAO, THE PARTY WAS DRIVEN TO BEACON HILL WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN THE BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE KOWLOON PENINSULA.

SIR JOHN AND HIS FAMILY WERE THEN TAKEN TO PING SHEK PART- BUILT LICENSED AREA WHERE SOME 4,000 PEOPLE NOW LIVE. FOLLOWING THIS, THE PARTY TOURED ONE OF THE BIGGEST HAWKER BAZAARS IN WONG TAI SIN.

THE PARTY WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME TO CONVERT MARK ONE ESTATE TO PROVIDE BIGGER LIVING SPACE WITH BUILT-IN KITCHEN AND TOILETS FOR THE TENANTS.

THE TOUR ENDED WITH A VISIT TO ONE OF THE FLATS IN THE OF MAN ESTATE.

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