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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1988

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TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR WILLIAM WAN. AND A RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER, MR MANLY CHIN, WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE AS THE HEAD OF THE COMPETITION'S PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS.

ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED BY A PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS COMPRISING MR CHIN AND TWO OTHER RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHERS, MR PHILIP LAU AND CHAN CHIK, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ORGANISERS.

MR

AT $12,700,

"THE GRAND PRIZE, A PERSONAL COMPUTER SET VALUED WILL BE AWARDED TO THE OVERALL CHAMPION IN THE THREE GROUPS.

"ATTRACTIVE PRIZES VALUED AT $2,000, $1,000 AND $500 RESPECTIVELY WILL BE AWARDED TO THE FIRST THREE WINNING ENTRIES IN EACH GROUP.

**THE NEXT FIVE HIGHEST-SCORE ENTRIES IN EACH GROUP WILL RECEIVE CONSOLATION PRIZES.

MR LAU SAID THE RESULTS OF THE ADJUDICATION WOULD BE ANNOUNCED IN NOVEMBER.

THE WINNERS WOULD BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING INDIVIDUALLY AND THE ORGANISERS WOULD ARRANGE EXHIBITIONS OF THE WINNING ENTRIES IN VARIOUS POPULAR LOCATIONS.

AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMPETITION'S THREE MAIN SPONSORS - FOTOMAX (FAR EAST) LIMITED, KODAK (FAR EAST) LIMITED AND EPSON ELECTRONICS TRADING LIMITED

PRESENTED THEIR DONATIONS TO MR WAN.

MR LAU PRESENTED THE REPRESENTATIVES SOUVENIR PENNANTS IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR FIRM9' READY SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT.

THE PHOTO COMPETITION IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES UNDER THE 1988 CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME.

MAJOR

THE SCHEME HAS BECOME ESTABLISHED AS ONE OF MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS TO ENABLE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND MEMBERS OF ORGANISED TO PARTICIPATE IN CONSERVING THE COUNTRYSIDE.

THE

MOST

THE

GROUPS,

SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION IN 1983, THE PARTICIPATION BY OVER 30,000 PEOPLE. LAST PARTICIPANTS WAS 8,800.

SCHEME HAS YEAR,

THE

ATTRACTED NUMBER

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