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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1981

AFTER SUNDAY'S OPERATION, TWO OTHER SIMILAR OPERATIONS ARE PLANNED FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

STUDENT GROUPS AND OTHER VOLUNTARY PARTIES ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY-ORIENTED OPERATIONS, AND A NUMBER HAVE ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION WORK TO GIVE THE COUNTRYSIDE A CLEAN AND TIDY LOOK.

APART FROM COLLECTING LITTER, THE STUDENTS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS CARRY OUT CONSERVATION WORK, WHICH INCLUDES GRASS CUTTING, AND HELPING TO KEEP TREES HEALTHY.

SUPPORT FOR THESE OPERATIONS ALSO COMES FROM OTHER SERVICE GROUPS, INCLUDING THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303 WHICH PROVIDES LUNCH BOXES AND TRANSPORT TO THE SCHOOL GROUPS ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION WORK.

A COMMERCIAL COMPANY SPECIALISING IN MOUNTAINEERING EQUIPMENT, MOUNTAINEER COMPANY, ALSO LENDS ITS SUPPORT TO THE CAMPAIGN BY PROVIDING POLYTHENE BAGS FOR USE BY THE VOLUNTEERS ON LITTER COLLECTION WALKS ALONG REMOTE FOOTPATHS IN THE COUNTRY PARKS SYSTEM.

TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL ****

ABOUT 100 000 PEOPLE ARE TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL WHICH CLOSES TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

DURING THE PAST THREE WEEKS, 72 SPORTING ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN HELD AT VARIOUS VENUES IN THE DISTRICT.

THE MOST POPULAR HAVE BEEN GO-KART RACING, BOWLING, BADMINTON, BASKETBALL AND ARCHERY, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 500 SPECTATORS AT EACH EVENT.

AN INVITATION FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN TSUEN WAN FIRST DIVISION AND MACAU'S HOP KWAN WILL BE HELD AT YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTSGROUND AT 3 PM TOMORROW, FOLLOWING WHICH A CEREMONY CLOSING THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE.

GUESTS WILL INCLUDE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRED TING- PRINCIPAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, MR DAVID CHIU AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR JAMES WILSON.

ABOUT $350 000 WAS SPENT ON THIS YEAR'S SPORTS FESTIVAL,

OF

WHICH $250 000 CAME FROM TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD.

THE FESTIVAL, AN ANNUAL EVENT HELD SINCE 1979, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES AND RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENTS, AND THE FEDERATION OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION.