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to keep our streets clean.

steadily better equipped.

They do a fine job and are

But so much of what they do

vould be unnecessary if all of us deposited our litter

in the right place; not in the street; not in the

harbour; not thrown out of windows or doors; but in a

rubbish bin where it ought to be and from which it is so

easy to collect.

I am heartened to see so many representatives from

the Urban districts here to-day. You will be organising

special cleansing operations in the district in which you

live or work. These should produce an immediate improvement

and I wish you success. But this campaign is for keeps,

and to succeed we must break careless anti-social attitudes.

We can do so if we all act together; Urban Services,

litter wardens, police, householders, mutual aid committees,

area committees, district boards, schools, and above all,

the general public, young, middle aged and old.

We can

keep our own areas clean; we can rebuke litterbugs and

I appeal to everyone to do so; if necessary the courts

can punish them and I hope they will.

There is much to be done; I pledge you my full

support and that of your Government. We owe it to

ourselves, our children and Hong Kong's good name that

our city should be clean.

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