XN000022-1978-06-02 — Page 7

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1978

FURTHERMORE, THE URBAN COUNCIL HAD ALLOTED ANOTHER $1 MILLION TO PROMOTE THE CLEAN HONG KONG MESSAGE, MRS. HO REVEALED AND GAYE A BRIEF RUN-DOWN OF THE CAMPAIGN PROGRAMMES FOR THIS YEAR,

SHE SAID A THREE-MONTH LONG CLEAN BEACH CAMPAIGN WILL KICK OFF ON JUNE 4 WITH SIMULTANEOUS ANTI-LITTER OPERATIONS AT SHEK 0, DEEP WATER BAY AND REPULSE BAY BEACHES.

DURING THESE CLEAN-UPS, THE PUBLIC WILL BE SHOWN THE RIGHT WAY TO DISPOSE OF LITTER AND FREE PLASTIC BAGS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THEM BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUE, THE BOY SCOUTS AND GIRLS GUIDES ASSOCIATIONS AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME.

THE OPERATION WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT IN A NUMBER OF POPULAR UNGAZETTED BEACHES, MRS. HO SAID.

SHE ADDED THAT VARIETY SHOWS WILL BE STAGED IN VARIOUS BEACHES ON SUNDAYS THROUGHOUT THE THREE MONTHS.

FOLLOWING THE CLEAN BEACH CAMPAIGN, PUBLICITY WILL BE DIRECTED TO LITTER LEGISLATION COVERING THE DUMPING OF LITTER INTO THE SEA, THE LITTERING OF COMMON PARTS OF BUILDINGS, DOGS FOULING THE STREETS AND THE DIRTYING OF ROADS BY MOVING VEHICLES.

MRS. HO REVEALED THAT ASSISTANCE WILL BE SOUGHT FROM VARIOUS PARTIES CONCERNED SUCH AS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND BUILDING MANAGEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THESE MESSAGES.

SHE ALSO SAID THAT SUBJECT TO FURTHER CONSIDERATION, IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO HOLD A SHAME CAMPAIGN FROM SEPTEMBER TO DETER PEOPLE FROM LITTERING.

+ IN ADDITION TO PRESS ADVERTISEMENTS, NAMES OF THE TOP LITTER OFFENDERS OF THE MONTH WILL BE POSTED IN THE DISTRICTS WHERE THEY LIVE OR WORK.+

BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER, MARKETS AND HAWKER BAZAARS WILL BE THOROUGHLY SLUICED BY URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WORKERS.

MEANWHILE, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT OFFICES WILL ORGANISE CLEAN-UPS IN COMMON PARTS OF BUILDINGS IN THE IR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.

AS THE YEAR DRAWS TO AN END, A SERIES OF ANTI-LITTER OPERATIONS WILL BE LAUNCHED TO ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO THROW AWAY ACCUMULATED RUBBISH BEFORE THE LUNAR NE YEAR.

*THE OPPORTUNITY WILL ALSO BE TAKEN TO REMIND HOUSEHOLDS TO KEEP A PROPER DUSTBIN IN THE IR HOMES AND TO HAVE THE IR RUBBISH WRAPPED UP BEFORE DISPOSAL, RS. HO CONCLUDED.