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NOTE TO EDITORS:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1983

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CAS CADETS TO PARADE SUNDAY

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THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WILL HOLD A CADET GRAND PARADE ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 30) AT FOOTBALL PITCHES 4, 5 AND 6 IN VICTORIA PARK, CAUSEWAY BAY, TO MARK ITS 15TH YEAR.

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, WILL ADDRESS THE ASSEMBLY AND INSPECT THE PARADE.

THIRTY-SIX SQUADS WITH 756 CADETS AND 38 OFFICERS FROM 21 CADET UNITS WILL BE ON PARADE. THE PROGRAMME WILL START AT 11 AM.

AFTER THE PARADE AND THE PROCESSION, THE HON R.H. LOBO, CAS COMMISSIONER, WILL OFFICIATE AT A CAKE CUTTING CEREMONY, AT ABOUT 12.20 PM AT THE CAS HEADQUARTERS, 100 CAROLINE HILL ROAD, HONG KONG.

THE CAS CADET CORPS, ESTABLISHED IN 1968, AIMS TO TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 12 TO 18 YEARS TO BECOME GOOD CITIZENS BY DEVELOPING THEIR PERSONALITIES, PERSONAL TALENTS, PHYSICAL STRENGTH AND SENSE OF CO-OPERATION.

IT OFFERS TO ITS 2' 570 MEMBERS MANY ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS CAMPING, BOATING, WORK PROJECTS, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SKILL- TRAINING COURSES.

RESIDENTS URGED TO KEEP TOWN CLEAN

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SHEK WU HUI RESIDENTS WERE URGED TODAY TO USE THE PERMANENT COLLECTION POINT FOR DISPOSAL OF THE IR REFUSE AND JUNK.

THE REQUEST WAS MADE BY AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, MR LIU CHING-LEUNG.

MR LIU SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO MORE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE NEW TOWN CLEAN AND OF IMPROVING THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.

HE URGED THE RESIDENTS NOT TO DUMP THEIR DAILY REFUSE IN OR NEAR LITTER CONTAINERS OR AT STREET CORNERS, BUT TO TAKE IT TO THE $1 MILLION OFF-STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINT, WHEN IT COMES INTO USE NEXT MONTH,

MR LIU SPOKE WHILE TOURING THE NEWLY COMPLETED PROJECT AT FU HING STREET TODAY AS PART OF HIS TWO-HOUR VISIT TO THE NORTH DISTRICT TO SEE HOW FAR THE CLEAN HONG KONG DRIVE WAS GOING ON,

HE WAS

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