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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1979

KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN IN TAI PO

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THE ANNUAL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN IN TAI PO STARTED THIS (MONDAY) MORNING WITH A SWEEPING OPERATION AT SHA LAN BEACH NEAR SAM MUN TSAI.

ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO SIX DISTRICTS KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, THE OPERATION IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF LOCALISED ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC IN THE DISTRICT OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN HELPING TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE CLEANING PARTY, HEADED BY MR. LAU YAM-MAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, AND MR. TONY COOPER, ASSISTANT TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, ARRIVED AT THE UNGAZETTED BEACH AT 10 A.M. AND IMMEDIATELY GOT DOWN TO WORK.

THEY WERE JOINED BY ABOUT 100 VOLUNTEERS COMPRISING MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL, LOCAL COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS AND STUDENTS OF THE YU TUNG SHU AND SAM MUN TSAI PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

DURING THE THREE-HOUR OPERATION, THE PARTY COLLECTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF LITTER WHICH WAS DISPOSED OF BY STAFF OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S TAJ PO OFFICE.

LATER, THE PARTICIPANTS WERE TREATED TO A LUNCH ON THE BEACH AND MR. LAU ALSO PRESENTED PENNANTS TO REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS GROUPS AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION.

COMMENTING ON THE CLEAN-UP EXERCISE, MR. COOPER SAID THE SUCCESS OF THIS PILOT EFFORT WAS LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ENTHUSIASM AND CIVIC-MINDEDNESS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

+WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT BY PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT BOTH IN PLANNING AND ORGANISING THE CLEANING ACTIVITIES, THE DRIVE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD SUCH A GOOD START.+

TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE FURTHER, HE SAID, THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE WOULD BE HOLDING A VARIETY OF OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE COMING MONTHS.

THESE WILL INCLUDE A BOOKMARKER DESIGN COMPETITION AND CLEAN BUILDING AND VILLAGE COMPETITIONS. THE DESIGN COMPETITION HAS ALREADY ATTRACTED GREAT INTEREST AMONGST STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.

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