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SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1978

GOVERNOR HELPS CLEAN BEACH IN NT

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (SUNDAY) JOINED 70 MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL AND BOY SCOUTS IN CLEANING UP LAI CHI WO BEACH NEAR SHA TAU KOK.

SIR MURRAY ARRIVED AT THE UNGAZETTED BEACH AT 10.30 A.M. AND WAS MET BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR. CLIVE OXLEY AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (NEW TERRITORIES) OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR. HARNAM GREWAL.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW HIS ACQUAINTANCE #ITH THE CHAIRMAN OF SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. LAU YAM-MAN, THE 1ST VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR. LAU TIN-FUK AND THE 2ND VICE-CHAIRMAN, WR. YIP SING, WHOM HE HAD MET DURING THE CLEANING UP OF THE BEACH

LAST YEAR.

SIR MURRAY WAS ALSO INTRODUCED TO OTHER VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE AREA.

JOINING THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS HEADED BY THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER (FRONTIER), CHIEF INSPECTOR CHAN PO-KWONG AND BOY SCOUTS LED BY THEIR NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR. CHEUNG CHI-FAN, WERE STUDENTS FROM THE LOCAL SIU YING PRIMARY SCHOOL.

AFTER A BRIEF CHAT WITH THE WELCOMING PARTY SIR MURRAY GOT DOWN TO WORK. HE WAS JOINED BY THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND

RURAL LEADERS.

THE CLEANING UP OPERATION, ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, LASTED FIVE HOURS AND A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF BASKETS OF LITTER WERE PICKED UP AND BURNT AT SELECTED POINTS ON THE BEACH.

IN APPRECIATION OF THE ENTHUSIASM AND CIVIC MINDEDNESS OF THE YOUNGSTERS AND RURAL LEADERS, THE GOVERNOR LATER TREATED THEM TO A PICNIC LUNCH IN THE VILLAGE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.

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