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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1978

VOLUNTEERS CLEAN UP REMOTE NT BEACH

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THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN MESSAGE SPREAD TO THE REMOTE PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY (SUNDAY) WHEN A GROUP OF 150 ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS CLEARED UP THE PICNIC SPOTS ON TUNG PING CHAU.

THE OPERATION BEGAN AT 9 A.M. WHEN THE CLEANING PARTY COMPRISING MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL, AND COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS AND STAFF OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS TAKEN TO TUNG PING CHAU BY ARMY CRAFT.

ON ARRIVAL, THE PARTY HEADED BY MR. WONG CHUN-WAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO SIX DISTRICTS KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND MR. ANTHONY COOPER, ASSISTANT TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, IMMEDIATELY GOT DOWN TO WORK, THEY WERE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE RURAL SERVICE GROUP OF HONG KONG TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED.

A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LITTER WAS COLLECTED IN THE SIX-HOUR CLEAN-UP.

IN APPRECIATION OF THE EFFORTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS, THE ORGANISERS TREATED THEM TO A LUNCH ON THE BEACH.

THE OPERATION IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF +KEEP YOUR DISTRICT CLEAN+ ACTIVITIES ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE TAI PO SIX DISTRICT KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S TAI PO OFFICE.

THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE, MR. WONG YUN-WING SAID TODAY THE ISLAND WAS CHOSEN TO START THIS SERIES OF CLEAN-UPS BECAUSE OF ITS GROWING POPULARITY AS A SCENIC PICNIC SPOT FOR HOLIDAY- MAKERS.

+THIS DISTRICT-WIDE DRIVE IS TO PUBLICISE THE CLEAN HONG KONG MESSAGE, AND WE HOPE THAT THROUGH ORGANISED ACTIVITIES WE CAN AROUSE THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF THE IR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN. + MR. WONG SAID.

THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION, AN ESSAY CONTEST AND KEEP BUILDINGS AND SHOPS CLEAN COMPETITIONS. INITIAL RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING.

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