XN000022-1981-10-26 — Page 7

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1981

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BIG NT CLEAN-UP STARTS

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CEREMONIES TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN TOOK PLACE IN SEVERAL NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS TODAY (MONDAY).

THEY WERE HELD AT SHA TIN, TAI PO AND NORTH DISTRICT TO TIE IN WITH THE TERRITORY-WIDE CAMPAIGN WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

IN NORTH DISTRICT, MORE THAN 160 STUDENTS, ASSISTED BY TEACHERS AND MEMBERS OF MUTUAL AID AND RURAL COMMITTEES, TOOK PART IN A CLEAN-UP OF LUEN WO HU! THIS MORNING.

THEY WERE DIVIDED INTO EIGHT TEAMS AND WERE PROVIDED WITH BROOMS, PLASTIC BAGS, BASKETS AND GLOVES,

A TEAM OF JUDGES, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS, INSPECTED THEIR WORK AFTERWARDS.

TEAMS WHICH WON THE HIGHEST MARKS WERE PRESENTED WITH PRIZES AND SOUVENIRS AT A CEREMONY HELD IN LUEN WO HUI PLAYGROUND,

IN THE AFTERNOON, 350 TAI PO RESIDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A PARADE STARTING FROM TAI WING LANE TO PUBLICISE ANTI-LITTER MESSAGES.

THERE WERE ALSO LION DANCES AND PERFORMANCES BY TAI KWONG MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND. A SHOP CLEAN-UP COMPETITION WAS HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PROCESSION.

MEANWHILE, A BONFIRE CEREMONY WAS HELD IN SHA TIN TO KICK OFF THE CAMPAIGN.

ATTENDING WERE THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN- THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE LOCAL LEADERS AND 1 000 YOUNGSTERS WHO PUT ON T-SHIRTS AND CAPS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS OCCASION.

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