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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1988

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PUBLIC URGED TO SUPPORT KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN

HONG KONG PEOPLE MUST BE LED TO SEE THAT THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORT IN KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THEMSELVES.

THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, DR PANG HOK-TUEN, SAID THIS TODAY (THURSDAY) AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE 1988-89 KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN.

"IN THIS RESPECT, WE WILL REACH OUT FURTHER TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, TO INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS ORGANISED GROUPS AND COMPANIES, ENCOURAGING THEM TO TAKE PART IN THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN OPERATION, HE SAID.

ALTHOUG!! THE COMMITTEE HAD RECEIVED MUCH SUPPORT FROM COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE PUBLIC, DR PANG SAID IT'S OBJECTIVES HAD NOT BEEN TOTALLY REACHED.

DISPOSAL OF REFUSE, MONEY SPENT IN THE

LAST YEAR, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL HAD TOGETHER SPENT $605.6 MILLION IN HANDLING THE REPRESENTING A 16.2 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THIS REFLECTED THE EVER GROWING MANPOWER RESOURCES INVOLVED, DR PANG SAID.

"IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COST EFFECTIVE IF THE BEEN MORE AWARE OF ITS RESPONSIBILITY AND MORE READY ITS PART IN KEEPING THE TERRITORY CLEAN, HE SAID.

AND FINANCIAL

COMMUNITY HAD

TO CONTRIBUTE

HE SAID THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WOULD CONTINUE TO FOCUS THEME OF "COMMUNITY SUPPORT", USING AGAIN "WE'RE PITCHING IN HONG KONG CLEAN" AS THE SLOGAN.

A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, DR RONALD LEUNG, ATTENDED THE PRESS CONFERENCE, SAID THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN CARRIED OUT IN THREE STAGES.

ON THE KEEP

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WHO ALSO WOULD BE

AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE COMMITTEE WILL EMBARK ON A NEW THEME CALLING ON PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SAME AREA TO EXERCISE A NEIGHBOURLY ATTITUDE IN KEEPING THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD CLEAN. A "BLOCK TO BLOCK CLEAN-UP COMPETITION" WILL BE ORGANISED IN EACH OF THE 19 DISTRICTS TO PROMOTE THE SPIRIT.

SEA.

WIDEN THE SCOPE OF

THE

WILL

THE

COMMITTEE TWO ASPECTS

AS SUMMER DRAWS NEAR, THE COMMITTEE WILL THE CAMPAIGN TO COVER THE BEACHES AND THE LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM OF MARINE LITTERING TYPHOON SHELTERS AND THE GENERAL MARITIME CLEANLINESS.

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