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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1984

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+PHYSICAL RECREATION AND PLAY ARE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN THIS SEARCH FOR ACCEPTANCE AND PROOF OF ADEQUACY, HE SAID.

+THIS IS AS TRUE, IF NOT TRUER, FOR THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AS FOR ALL OF US,+ MR OXLEY ADDED.

ABOUT 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SEMINAR WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY-HANDICAPPED AND THE RECREATION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THE SEMINAR WAS CONDUCTED BY DR JULIAN STEIN, A PROFESSOR IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY IN VIRGINIA, USA.

DON'T LITTER BEACHES, BATHERS TOLD

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BEACHGOERS ARE URGED AGAIN TO KEEP THE BEACHES CLEAN AND TO PRESERVE THEIR NATURAL BEAUTY.

A NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT CLEANSING STAFF WERE REGULARLY AT WORK AT ALL 27 PUBLIC BATHING BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, BUT COULD NOT PICK UP ALL THE RUBBISH CONSTANTLY BEING DUMPED BY BEACHGOERS.

GIVING AN EXAMPLE, HE SAID THAT SOME 640 000 BATHERS HAD GONE TO CLEARWATER BAY (SECOND BEACH) LAST MONTH AND LEFT BEHIND MORE THAN 7 500 BASKETS OF RUBBISH.

THE REFUSE COLLECTED FROM THE BEACH HAD INCREASED GREATLY FROM 3 000 BASKETS OF RUBBISH LEFT BY 220 000 BATHERS IN JULY LAST YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

MORE WORKERS WERE THEREFORE REQUIRED TO CLEAR THE RUBBISH, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST LITTERBUGS WAS BEING STEPPED UP.

+A LITTERING OFFENCE COULD RESULT IN A FINE OF $5 000,+ HE SAID.

HE URGED PEOPLE TO TAKE PLASTIC BAGS ALONG WITH THEM TO DISPOSE OF THE IR LITTER, AND TO USE THE LITTER BINS PROVIDED ON THE BEACHES FOR THEM.

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