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SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1934
OFFICIALS SHOW SUPPORT FOR ANTI-LITTERING CAMPAIGN
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STAFF OF THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, LED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR HENRY CHING, TODAY (SATURDAY) SHOWED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL'S BEACH CLEANING CAMPAIGN AT DEEPWATER BAY.
ABOUT 25 NORMALLY DESK-BOUND OFFICIALS WENT TO THE BEACH THIS MORNING TO COLLECT LITTER.
THEY WERE JOINED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, AND URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR TONG KAM-BIU, WHO IS ALSO VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT RELATIONS SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.
THE PARTY LEFT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES SHORTLY AFTER 9 AM AND WERE MET AT THE BEACH BY USD OFFICIALS WHO SUPPLIED THEM WITH SUCH EQUIPMENT AS GLOVES, BASKETS, BAGS AND POINTED- STICKS FOR PICKING UP LITTER.
BY HALF-PAST ELEVEN A LARGE QUANTITY OF REFUSE HAD BEEN COLLECTED AND THE BEACH WAS A MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE.
EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT, MR CHING SAID +THE MESSAGE WE WANT TO GET ACROSS IS THAT ANYONE CAN PICK UP RUBBISH. IT IS QUITE EXTRAORDINARY THAT PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RUBBISH, BUT DO NOTHING ABOUT IT THEMSELVES,
+ IF THEY WOULD HELP JUST A BIT ETHER BY NOT THROWING THE IR RUBBISH ONTO THE BEACH OR BY HELPING OCCASIONALLY TO PICK UP LITTER AND PUT IT IN BINS EVERYBODY WOULD BENEFIT.
+ THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD ARE TRYING TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS PROBLEM AND WE HOPE THAT OUR SMALL CONTRIBUTION THIS MORNING WILL HELP TO PUBLICISE THEIR EFFORTS.+
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