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SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1934

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HELPING TO KEEP HK +CLEAN AND GREEN+

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SIXTY-TWO YEAR OLD RETIRED CIVIL SERVANT MR NG CHONG DOESN'T BELIEVE IN IDLING AWAY HIS TIME.

SOME OF THIS TIME HE SPENDS PLANTING TREES, MAKING FIRE BEATERS, CLEANING BARBECUE FIXTURES AND CLEARING UP LITTER ALL AS A CIVIC GESTURE.

MR NG CHONG IS ONE OF THE 393 PERSONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST THREE STAGES OF THE COUNTRY PARKS +CLEAN AND GREEN+ SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF MUCH YOUNGER PEOPLE, MR NG ENTERED THE SCHEME BY PICKING UP LITTER IN THREE COUNTRY PARKS LAST OCTOBER.

LATER ON, HE PLANTED A TREE AND TOOK AN OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPH, WHICH WON HIM A PLACE IN STAGE 1 OF THE SCHEME. + I LOVE THE CLEAN FRESH AIR AND THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.

+PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF COUNTRYSIDE SHOULD HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING IT THAT WAY, NO MATTER HOW OLD THEY ARE,+ MR NG SAID.

MR NG WORKS HARD AT MAKING FIRE-BEATERS AND CLEANING BARBECUE FURNITURE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR STAGE IV OF THE SCHEME. AT THIS STAGE, PARTICIPANTS WILL TAKE PART IN A COUNTRY PARKS QUIZ CONTEST. THE SCHEME WILL END WITH AN EXCITING FINALE IN THE AUTUMN.

HE SAID HE FELT THE SCHEME WAS WELL DESIGNED TO EDUCATE COUNTRY PARK VISITORS ABOUT THE NEED TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND GREEN.

TOP PRIZE WILL BE A $10 000 CAMPING TRIP TO AUSTRALIA. OTHER PRIZES INCLUDE A CAMERA AND ACCESSORIES, AND CAMPING AND HIK ING EQUIPMENT.

HE WILL CONTINUE

FOR MR NG THOUGH, THE PRIZE IS NOT THE AIM. TO TAKE PART IN THE CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME REGARDLESS.

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IMPORTANT THING IS TAKING PART NOT WINNING, HE SAID.

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