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SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1978

VOLUNTEERS HELP CLEAN MA WAN BEACH

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SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND LOCAL RURAL LEADERS JOINED SOME 80 VOLUNTEERS THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING TO CLEAN UP TUNG WAN BEACH ON MA WAN ISLAND.

THE OPERATION STARTED AT 9.30 A.M. WHEN THE ASSISTANT TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER (DEVELOPMENT), MR. MICHAEL STONE,

AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MA WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. CHAN KWONG-CHUEN, TOOK THE LEAD IN CLEANING RUBBISH AND LITTER FROM THE UNGAZETTED BEACH.

THE VOLUNTEERS, MAINLY COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB MEMBERS FROM THE LAM WOO MEMORIAL SCHOOL AND THE CARITAS ST. JOSEPH PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN TSUEN WAN, THEN GOT DOWN TO WORK AND IN LESS THAN THREE HOURS, A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF BASKETS OF LITTER WERE PICKED UP.

AFTER THE CLEAN-UP, MR. CHAN PRESENTED PENNANTS TO THE PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS.

THIS MORNING'S CLEANING OPERATION IS PART OF A SERIES OF CLEAN-UPS OF THE DISTRICTS 'BLACK-SPOTS' JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS.

FUNDS FOR THE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S TSUEN WAN OFFICE.

THE DISTRICT-WIDE OPERATION, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED LAST FRIDAY AT TSING LUNG TAU, AIMS TO PROMOTE THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN AND TO AROUSE PEOPLE'S AWARENESS OF THE IR ROLE IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT.

OTHER SPOTS TO BE COVERED BY THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH, INCLUDE KAU WAH SUN CHUEN, SHEK PAI STREET SURROUNDING AREA OF FOU WAH CENTRE, LO WAI, TAI POR FONG, YEE POR FONG, AND TING KAU BEACH.

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