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OTHER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE BOARD INCLUDE A RESEARCH TO BE DONE ON THE SOCIAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN TIN WAN, +BASKETBALL FRIENDS '82+ PROJECT, AND THE PROVISION OF A MOBILE STAGE FOR OPEN AIR FUNCTIONS.

IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE BOARD ALSO HAD PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SITTING OUT

AREA IN FRONT OF POKFULAM VILLAGE KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION AND THE SITE FORMATION WORKS RELATED TO THE TAI WAN NEW VILLAGE FIBRE GLASS TOILET INSTALLATION PROJECT.

PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN HELP WITH CLEAN UP

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TWO-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY CHILDREN FROM 24 PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOOK PART TODAY (FRIDAY) IN A DISTRICT-WIDE, CLEAN-UP COMPETITION IN THE NORTH DISTRICT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, THE COMPETITION IS AIMED AT AROUSING CLEANLINESS AS WELL AS A SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE STUDENTS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, SAID THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES,

MR BOWEN LEUNG.

THE SUCCESS OF THE CAMPAIGN WOULD DEPEND LARGELY ON THE CO-OPERATION OF AND PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.

THE SCHOOL CHILDREN, ARMED WITH BRUSHES AND BASKE TS, CONVERGED ON THE TOWN CENTRE OF SHEK WU HUI AND TWO TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS IN SHEUNG SHUI AND FANLING.

THEY CLEARED AWAY A LARGE QUANTITY OF REFUSE AND JUNK WHILE CLEANSING STAFF OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDED A BACK-UP SERVICE.

MEMBERS OF THE COMPETITION COMMITTEE, INCLUDING HE CHAIRMAN, MR CHONG KAM-LING, THE CHAIRMAN OF SHEUNG SHUI RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LIU CHING-LEUNG, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF SHEK WU HUI ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE, MR CHEUNG KUEN, VISITED VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO PICK OUT THE WINNERS.

SHIELDS WERE PRESENTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR PANG HANG-YIN TO THREE WINNING SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES AT A CEREMONY AT THE END OF THE CLEAN-UP, WHILE SOUVENIR BANNERS WERE GIVEN TO OTHERS.

ALSO TAKING PART WERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, NORTH, MR DAVID WILMSHURST, THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER, NORTH, MR LAW WAI-MING, AND THE HOUSING MANAGER OF TEMPORARY HOUSING, NEW TERRITORIES, MR LAU CHI-SHING.

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