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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1987

WAN CHAI STAGES ANTI-SMOKING COMPETITION

AN ANTI-SMOKING EXHIBITION WILL CAUSEWAY BAY, FROM TODAY (TUESDAY) TO SMOKING IS HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH.

BE HELD IN HENNESSY CENTRE, DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE THAT

THE DISPLAY, WHICH IS ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD'S ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP, WILL RUN UNTIL THURSDAY.

SPEAKING AT THE EXHIBITION'S OPENING, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS CARMAN CHIU, SAID THE EVENT WOULD ENABLE CITIZENS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMOKING AND HEALTH AND CONSEQUENTLY HELP THEM TO FORM A WISER OPINION OF THE HABIT.

THE CEREMONY WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP, MR NORMAN LO, AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM.

BESIDES THE DISPLAY, THE WORKING GROUP LAST WEEK STAORD AN ANTI-SMOKING PAINTING DAY AND A SLOGAN COMPETITION.

WITH THE HELP OF ARTISTS FROM A DESIGN INSTITUTE, A GROUP OF YOUNG RESIDENTS PAINTED THE HOARDINGS OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT A BUSY JUNCTION.

"IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THIS ACTIVITY, YOUNG PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE HAZARDS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING AND WILL NOT TAKE UP THE HABIT WHEN THEY GROW UP, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ANTI-SMOKING WORKING GROUP SAID.

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WINNERS OF THE SLOGAN TODAY'S CEREMONY.

COMPETITION

RECEIVED THEIR PRIZES AT

ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN WAN CHAI CLEARED

ABOUT 22 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AT THE REAR LANE OF SPRING GARDEN LANE IN WAN CHAI WERE DEMOLISHED TODAY (TUESDAY) IN A CLEARANCE OPERATION.

THE CLEARANCE, WHICH INVOLVED A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING URBAN SERVICES, HOUSING, BUILDINGS AND LANDS + URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND THE POLICE, WAS CO-ORDINATED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID THAT ONLY ONK FAMILY WAS AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE AND RE-HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE.

HE NOTED THAT THE OPERATION WOULD ВЕ THE FIRST OF SIX ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE OPERATIONS TO TAKE PLACE IN 1987-88.

"THE CLEARANCE WAS AIMED AT IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL OF THE PLACE," HE SAID.

CONDITIONS

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