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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1985

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'CLEAN AND GREEN' SCHEME SETS RECORD

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THE POPULAR +CLEAN AND GREEN+ SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ENDED TODAY (SATURDAY) WITH A SERIES OF OUTDOOR COMPETITIONS HELD AT THE TWISK MANAGEMENT CENTRE IN TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK.

TEN FINALISTS, SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 5 000 COMPETITORS WHO TOOK PART IN THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGES OF THE PROJECT, VIED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE IN THREE DIFFERENT CONTESTS TO TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.

AFTER THE VIRGOROUS COMPETITION, 48-YEAR-OLD LEE CHUI-HUNG EMERGED THE CHAMPION AND WON TWO RETURN AIR TICKETS TO AUSTRALIA AND TWO 15-DAY AUSSIE PASSES.

SECOND AND THIRD PLACES WENT TO LAI SHING-HIN AND NG CHI-MAN. THEY WERE AWARDED A TAIWAN MOUNTAIN CLIMBING PACKAGE TOUR AND A CAMERA WITH ACCESSORIES.

AMONG OTHER PRIZE WINNERS WERE THE SEAWARD WOO COLLEGE ST. BENEDICT'S SECONDARY SCHOOL AND CHENG SHA WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL. THEY WON THE +CLEAN AND GREEN+ TROPHY FOR HAVING THE LARGEST NUMBER OF MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME.

ORGANISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE PROJECT AIMS TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO PLAY AN ACTIVE PART IN KEEPING THE COUNTRY PARKS CLEAN AND GREEN.

ACCORDING TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR HOWARD YOUNG, THIS YEAR'S SCHEME HAS SET A RECORD IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.

+1 AM VERY PLEASED THAT SINCE ITS LAUNCHING IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, THE SCHEME HAS ATTRACTED A RECORD 5 740 PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE,+ MR YOUNG SAID.

+THEY INCLUDE STUDENTS, HOUSEWIVES, WORKERS, PROFESSIONALS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE UP TO 82 YEARS OF AGE, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, NON-CHINESE AS WELL.

+THEY HAVE INDEED SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW IN USING OUR COUNTRY PARKS PROPERLY AND KEEPING THEM BEAUTIFUL, + HE ADDED.

THIS YEAR'S SCHEME WAS SPONSORED BY ESSO HONG KONG LIMITED. PRIZES WERE DONATED BY QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED, ANSETT PIONEER, MOUNTAINEER AND TRAVEL SERVICES COMPANY, KONISHIROKU PHOTO INDUSTRIES (FAR EAST) LIMITED, HONG KONG FEDERATION OF HIKERS, SWIRE BOTTLERS LIMITED, AND MARATHON SPORTS LIMITED.

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