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SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1987

+FURTHERMORE, AS WITH SMOKELESS TOBACCO, IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD THAT ANY OTHER NEW FORMS OF TOBACCO USE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED NOR WILL IT BE APPROVED IN THE LIGHT OF THE EXTENT OF RISKS OF TOBACCO USE IN ANY OF ITS FORMS,+ HE SAID.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE WERE OTHER INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXPERTS, WITH TOPICS COVERING SMOKING AND NON-CANCEROUS RESPIRATORY DISEASES, TOBACCO AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, TOBACCO AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH, PASSIVE SMOKING, THE WORLD TOBACCO PANDEMIC AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON TOBACCO.

CHIEF JUSTICE HELPS CLEAN LITTER BLACKSPOT

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THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, OFFERED FULL SUPPORT TO THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN BY PHYSICALLY CLEANING UP A LITTER BLACKSPOT AT YAU MA TEI THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.

WEARING THE CAMPAIGN T-SHIRT WITH THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN LOGO AND SLOGAN, SIR DENYS TOOK PART IN SWEEPING A SECTION OF SHANGHAI STREET BETWEEN MARKET STREET AND KANSU STREET.

SIR DENYS DECIDED TO JOIN TODAY'S CLEAN-UP OPERATION AS HE REALISED THAT THIS YEAR'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN, THE LARGEST EVER SINCE IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1972, NEEDED THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

HE HOPED THAT HIS PARTICIPATION WILL AROUSE THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS TOWARDS THE CAMPAIGN AND THEREBY ENCOURAGING THEM TO JOIN THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN FORCES.

JOINING HANDS WITH SIR DENYS IN THE OPERATION WERE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR GERRY FORSGATE AND MR CHEUNG YANG-LUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT UC/RC KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS CHEUNG, AND VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR WALTER SULKE.

THEY AGREED THAT SUPPORT FROM THE LEGAL PROFESSION WOULD GIVE ANOTHER IMPETUS TO THE CAMPAIGN.

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