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SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1979

PUBLIC URGED TO SUPPORT CLEAN BEACH CAMPAIGN

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AS SWIMMING IS BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR FORM OF SUMMER RECREATION IN HONG KONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT TO LITTER THE BEACHES.

HIS CALL TO SUPPORT THE +CLEAN BEACH CAMPAIGN+ CAME AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO FLOCK TO THE SEASIDE.

HE POINTED OUT THAT BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST LAST YEAR, LITTER WARDENS ISSUED 1,300 SUMMONSES TO BEACHGOERS, INCLUDING 400 AT THE BEACHES IN TUEN MUN, 200 IN REPULSE BAY AND 160 IN DEEP WATER BAY.

ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESMAN, THE MOST COMMON LITTER FOUND ON BEACHES ARE PLASTIC BAGS, SOFT DRINK CANS, STRAWS AND CIGARETTE ENDS.

+ IT USUALLY TAKES OUR CLEANSING STAFF SEVERAL DAYS TO CLEAR THE RUBBISH AFTER WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.

+WE HOPE ALL BEACHGOERS WILL BE CONSCIENTIOUS CLEAN BEACH SUPPORTERS THIS YEAR. ALL IT ENTAILS IS A FEW MORE STEPS TO DUMP REFUSE INTO LITTER BINS, HE ADDED.

HE SAID THE U.S.D. HAS PROVIDED SOME 1,000 PLASTIC LITTER BINS ON THE BEACHES. THEY ARE SCATTERED WITHIN SHORT DISTANCES AND WILL BE CLEANED ONCE THEY ARE FULL.

IN ORDER TO PREVENT SELFISH AND CARELESS PEOPLE FROM LITTERING AND PRESERVE THE CLEANLINESS OF BEACHES, LITTER WARDENS WILL BE REINFORCED ON BEACHES AT WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.

+LITTER WARDENS' MAIN JOB IS TO DETER PEOPLE FROM LITTERING, THEY CAN'T MAKE BEACHES CLEAN WITHOUT THE FULL CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE OF BEACHGOERS,+ STRESSED THE SPOKESMAN.

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