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SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1981

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VOLUNTEER WORK FORCE TO HELP BEAUTIFY WONG TAI SIN

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A WORK FORCE OF 120 VOLUNTEERS WILL BE LENDING THEIR EFFORTS AS FROM TOMORROW IN A CAMPAIGN TO HELP BEAUTIFY SOME OF THE OLDER HOUSING ESTATES IN THE WONG TAI SIN AREA.

AIMED AT PROVIDING A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTING A GREATER SENSE OF LOCAL PRIDE AND MUTUAL HELP, THE DRIVE KNOWN AS THE BEAUTIFY WONG TAI SIN PROJECT+ WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD AS PART OF ITS OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMME.

WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN WILL INCLUDE REPAINTING OF COMMON AREAS IN THE OLDER HOUSING ESTATES, AS WELL AS CHILDREN'S PLAY-THINGS AND WHITE-WASHING OF THE PREMISES OF THE ELDERLY, THE DISABLED AND THE INFIRM, IN ADDITION TO TREE PLANTING.

BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OLD PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN THE AREA, THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES.

A WORK ING GROUP HAS PREPARED A LIST OF PRIORITY TARGETS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SUCH FACTORS AS WHEN THE LAST PAINTING OF PREMISES WAS DONE, WHEN THE ESTATES ARE DUE FOR REDEVELOPMENT, AND THE EXTENT OF VANDALISM.

THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED AT THE TOZ MAN AND TSZ CHING ESTATES TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

TO MARK THE OCCASION, A BRIEF CEREMONY WILL BE HELD, STARTING AT 9 AM (SUNDAY), AT THE TSZ MAN ESTATE OFFICE, GROUND FLOOR, MAN CHI HOUSE, TSZ MAN ESTATE, AT WHICH SOUVENIR PENNANTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE VARIOUS GROUPS OF HELPERS.

THE CAMPAIGN IS BEING COORDINATED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (WONG TAI SIN), WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE AND THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, WHICH ARE HELPING WITH THE PLANNING AND

IMPLEMENTATION.

THE EIGHT MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OF THE TSZ MAN ESTATE AND THE TSZ CHING ESTATE ARE ALSO HELPING TO PUBLICISE THE EFFORT, AND OTHER HELP IS BEING RENDERED BY A NUMBER OF OTHER BODIES.

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