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SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1988

MAJOR EFFORT TO FOSTER 'CLEAN HK' SPIRIT

URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILLORS WERE JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF MAJOR COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB (CYC) MEMBERS AT A FUNCTION HELD THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING TO MARK THE START OF A TERRITORY-WIDE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN APPEAL DAY.

COUNCIL

KEEP

ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, THE FUNCTION WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROGRAMMES EVER HELD IN PROPAGATING A COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN.

THE FUNCTION WAS MARKED BY A "DELEGATION OF MISSION" CEREMONY HELD AT STATUE SQUARE IN CENTRAL.

THE APPEAL DAY FEATURES THE DISTRIBUTION OF KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STICKERS TO THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, WITH THE HELP OF 1,900 CYC MEMBERS.

THAN

THE PARTICIPATION OF 13 COMMERICAL ORGANISATIONS HAS ENABLED THE STICKERS TO BE DISTRIBUTED ON A WIDE SCALE THROUGH MORE

500 RETAIL OUTLETS OF CHAIN-STORES, SUPERMARKETS, BOUTIQUES, AND

DEPARTMENTAL STORES.

THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, DR PANG HOK-TUEN, SAID AFTER THE CEREMONY THAT "15 YEARS OF ACTIVE CAMPAIGNING HAVE GRADUALLY PART BROUGHT HONG KONG PEOPLE TO REALISE THAT THEY HAVE GOT TO PLAY A IN THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN OPERATION TO MAKE IT WORK.

"TODAY'S JOINT EFFORT WITH THE PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL SECTOR HERALDS A NEW ERA FOR THE CAMPAIGN WHICH, WE HOPE, WILL BECOME A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.CAMPAIGN IN ITS REAL SENSE."

THE DR PANG ALSO SAID HE HOPED THAT THROUGH PEOPLE WOULD BECOME AWARE OF THEIR SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS.

APPEAL DAY MORE

FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, AN EXHIBITION OF LITTER BINS OF INTERESTING DESIGNS WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.

THE

JOINT

URBAN

URBAN COUNCILLOR AND MEMBER OF COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, DR RONALD LEUNG, SAID: "CLEANING HONG KONG IS NOT UNPLEASANT TASK ASSOCIATED ONLY WITH THE DISPOSAL OF HUGE REFUSE. EVERY PIECE OF LITTER PUT IN THE BINS MEANT THAT PEOPLE HELPING TO KEEP THEIR CITY CLEAN.

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AN NECESSARILY

AMOUNTS OF WERE

STORE, LIMITED,

PARTICIPATING INTO TODAY'S APPEAL DAY ARE VARIOUS COMPANIES INCLUDING A.S. WATSON, CIRCLE K CONVENIENCE STORES, CITY CHAIN, ESTI TAHINA (INTERNATIONAL) BOUTIQUE, FAIRWOOD FAST MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS, PARK'N SHOP, TOM LEE MUSIC COMPANY, UNY DEPARTMENTAL STORE, WELLCOME, ARTS AND CRAFTS (HONG KONG) LIMITED.

FOOD,

FONTANE

TELEVISION

BROADCASTS

AND CHINESE

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