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SUNDAY, JULY 6,

JULY 6, 1986

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CLEAN BEACH CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED WITH SONGS

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THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS JOINED FORCES WITH A NUMBER OF POPULAR SINGERS TODAY (SUNDAY) AT REPULSE BAY BEACH TO LAUNCH THE +CLEAN BEACH+ PHASE OF THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN.

FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS LUI FONG, LUN WING-LUEN, TERESA CARPIO, CHAN WAI-HAN AND CHEUNG TAK-LAN SANG TO CROWDS ON THE BEACH.

THE SHOW WAS BROADCAST LIVE BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AS PART OF THE IR INFORMATION 86 SERIES.

BUT ENTERTAINMENT WAS ONLY THE +SOFT SIDE OF A CAMPAIGN WHICH HAD +TEETH+ TOO, WARNED URBAN COUNCIL MEMBER, MR WALTER SULKE, WHO SPOKE IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE UC-RC KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE.

MR SULKE WAS REFERRING TO THE RECENT ONE-DAY SWEEP OF URBAN BEACHES WHICH NETTED 155 LITTERBUGS.

+WE WILL HAVE MORE BLITZES OF THIS SORT ON MANY BEACHES, HE SAID, BECAUSE THE UC AND RC WOULD CONVINCE LITTERBUGS TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS.

MR SULKE THEN INTRODUCED THE STEERING COMMITTEE'S VICE- CHAIRMAN, MR CARLOS CHEUNG, WHO WAS REPRESENTING THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IN THE JOINT EFFORT.

MR SULKE POINTED OUT THAT THE CURRENT JOINT CAMPAIGN WAS A STEP TOWARD A MAJOR GOVERNMENT CLEAN-UP WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATE FILTH IN THE TERRITORY.

LABOUR OFFICIALS TO ATTEND ASIAN SEMINAR

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TWO SENIOR OFFICERS FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ARE TO LEAVE FOR BANGKOK NEXT WEEK TO ATTEND THE ASIAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

THEY ARE CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR YIP YUK-LUN, AND

SUPER INTENDENT OF FACTORY INSPECTORS, MR LEE HUNG-KWONG.

OTHER PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AS WELL AS EMPLOYERS' AND EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES FROM 11 ASIAN COUNTRIES.

THE SEMINAR, FROM JULY 14 TO 23, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR IN THAILAND.

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