XN000022-1987-10-11 — Page 2

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1987

GOVERNOR JOINS YOUTHS IN CLEAN HK RALLY

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (SUNDAY) JOINED HANDS WITH 1,000 YOUTHS IN 'PITCHING IN' AT THIS YEAR'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN IN A YOUTH RALLY AT VICTORIA PARK.

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APART FROM PLANTING A TREE, SIR DAVID JOINED A YOUTH GROUP PAINTING A LITTER BOX. HE THEN TOURED THE PARK AND SAW HOW OTHER YOUTHS PARTICIPATED IN THE RALLY.

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THE YOUTHS' PARTICIPATION WAS TWO-FOLD KITHER TAKING PART IN A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES OR COMPETITIONS. THE ACTIVITIES WERE DESIGNED ROUND THE ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT THEME, INCLUDING MAKING OF SIGNS/LOGOS; REFURBISHING BENCHES/ARBOURS; PAINTING OF LITTER CONTAINERS; AND REFURBISHING OF RAILINGS.

THE FIVE COMPETITIONS WERE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION; KHKC LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION; MODEL DESIGN COMPETITION; KHXC THEME SONG CONTEST AND TURNING LITTER INTO ITEMS COMPETITION.

ORNAMENTAL/DECORATIVE

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/ REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR WALTER SULKE, POINTED OUT THAT THIS YEAR'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT SINCE THE FIRST ONE 15 YEARS AGO, WAS PIONEERING COMPLETELY NEW APPROACHES.

"PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS WERE ALL INITIATED, ORGANISED AND RUN ENTIRELY BY GOVERNMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL. THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, OUR STEERING COMMITTEE HAS PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS SITTING ON IT WHO ARE GIVING THEIR TIME AND HELPING IN MANY WAYS IN OUR EFFORTS NOT ONLY TO CLEAN HONG KONG, BUT ALSO TO HELP EDUCATE ALL OF US INTO A PITCHING-IN TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN FRAME OF MIND," HE SAID.

MR SULKE ADDED THAT APART FROM THE ARMED FORCES, COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS WERE PITCHING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME.

"AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST PHYSICALLY PICKING UP RUBBISH. IT IS A MATTER OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT, A MATTER OF ACQUIRING A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY, A MATTER OF SOCIAL AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY, EMPHASISED.

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GUESTS TO OFFICIATE

MR SULKE THEN JOINED OTHER OFFICIATING AT A BALLOON-RELEASING CEREMONY TO SIGNIFY THE OPENING OF THE YOUTH RALLY.

THE OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED URBAN COUNCILLORS MR MAN TANG SAI-CHEONG, MRS CHOW CHEUNG WAI-PING AND REGIONAL COUNCILLORS MR PUI-TAT AND DR TANG SIU-TONG.

A BEFORE THE OPENING CEREMONY THERE WAS

PARADE PERFORMED BY ALL PARTICIPATING YOUTHS, WHO CAME FROM A TOTAL OF 18 YOUTH ORGANISATIONS. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS TOOK THE SALUTE,

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