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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1981

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CLEAN-UP IN KWAI CHUNG

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A TWO-WEEK CLEAN-UP DRIVE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AT TZE KU WAN, KWAI CHUNG, TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

THREE SPECIAL CLEANSING GANGS AND THREE TIPPER LORRIES HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED AT THE SITE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY.

+MORE THAN 50 LORRY LOADS OF JUNK AND REFUSE DUMPED ON THE OPEN GROUND WILL BE REMOVED DURING THE OPERATION, HE ADDED.

SINCE MONDAY (MARCH 16), CLEANSING STAFF OF THE KWAI CHUNG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE HAVE DAILY CLEARED 500 BASKETS OF BUILDING DEBRIS, WOODEN PLANKS, EMPTY TIN CANS, BOTTLES AND DOMESTIC WASTE.

THE SPOKESMAN URGED RESIDENTS TO CO-OPERATE AND WARNED THAT LITTERBUGS FACE A MAXIMUM FINE OF $1 000 ON FIRST CONVICTION.

SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TO SEE YOUTH ACTIVITIES

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STAFF AND STUDENTS OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS WILL BE ATTENDING A +JOIN-IN+ EXHIBITION AT HO MAN TIN GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL ON SATURDAY (MARCH 21) MORNING TO SEE THE WORK OF 23 YOUTH ORGANISATIONS.

THE EXHIBITION IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUTH ACTIVITIES.

APART FROM A DISPLAY OF THEIR WORK, THE ORGANISATIONS WILL ALSO DEMONSTRATE THEIR INTEREST TO ASSIST SPECIAL SCHOOLS TO FORM THEIR OWN ACTIVITY GROUPS.

MR MICHAEL LEUNG, ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WILL ADDRESS THE GATHERING AND OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 10 AM ON SATURDAY.

THE BANDS FROM TWO SPECIAL SCHOOLS, EBENEZER SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND MONGKOK LUTHERAN SCHOOL FÖR THE DEAF, WILL PERFORM AT THE EXHIBITION.

THIS EXHIBITION IS ONE IN A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED, THE THEME OF WHICH IS TO INTEGRATE THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY.

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