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THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1986

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NEW COMMITTEE FOR KEEP HK CLEAN CAMPAIGN

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THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN WILL THIS YEAR BE A TERRITORY-WIDE JOINT UNDERTAKING BY THE REGIONAL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AND WILL BE OVERSEEN BY A STEERING COMMITTEE COMPRISING MEMBERS OF BOTH COUNCILS.

THIS FORMULA WAS ENDORSED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FOLLOWING A SIMILAR DECISION TAKEN BY THE URBAN COUNCIL ON MAY 20.

THE STEERING COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY A URBAN COUNCIL MEMBER WITH A REGIONAL COUNCILLOR SERVING AS VICE-CHAIRMAN. THE ORDER WILL BE REVERSED NEXT YEAR, AND IT IS INTENDED THAT THIS ROTATION OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP WILL CONTINUE FOR AS LONG AS THE COMMITTEE EXISTS.

FIVE MEMBERS FROM EACH COUNCIL, WITH APPROPRIATE AUTHORISATION TO MAKE POLICY DECISIONS, WILL SIT ON THE COMMITTEE.

DECISIONS CONCERNING TERRITORY-WIDE MATTERS WILL BE MADE ON BEHALF OF BOTH COUNCILS BUT IMPLEMENTED IN THE URBAN AREA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN COMMITTEE AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE.

A PUBLICITY COMMITTEE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE WILL BE SET UP TO PREPARE TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY STRATEGY.

IT WILL BE CHAIRED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES AND WILL COMPRISE STAFF OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

ALL PUBLICITY WITH A TERRITORY-WIDE APPEAL WILL BE FUNDED JOINTLY BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL ON A ONE-THIRD AND TWO-THIRDS BASIS RESPECTIVELY.

PUBLICITY ITEMS OF EXCLUSIVE INTEREST TO ONE COUNCIL WILL BE FUNDED BY IT.

SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP ON MONITORING AIR QUALITY *****

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SENT A THREE-MEMBER DELEGATION TO CANTON TO ATTEND THE FIRST HONG KONG-CHINA WORKSHOP ON AIR QUALITY MONITORING, HELD FROM MAY 21 TO 23.

LED BY SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER, MR JONATHAN BOWER, THE DELEGATION JOINED REPRESENTATIVES FROM PEKING, SHANGHAI AND CANTON IN REVIEWING PROGRESS MADE IN AIR QUALITY MONITORING IN THE RESPECTIVE CITIES.

MR BOWER