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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1988

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS) OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR K.C. IU, SAID THAT EACH PARTICIPATING HIKING GROUP WOULD BE GIVEN 10 BADGES INITIALLY FOR ITS MEMBERS WHO WERE SELECTED AS HIKING LITTER WARDENS.

"ANY HIKING GROUP MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED THREE TIMES AND WHOSE PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN FOUND SATISFACTORY, CAN RETAIN HIS BADGE PERMANENTLY. HE WILL ALSO BE AWARDED A PRIZE FOR HIS VOLUNTARY EFFORT, HE SAID.

IN ADDITION, MR IU SAID RECOGNITION WOULD ALSO BE GIVEN ΤΟ INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATING HIKING GROUPS BY INSCRIBING THEIR NAMES IN A "FRIENDS OF COUNTRY PARKS" LIST ON DISPLAY AT THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK VISITOR CENTRE.

AS AN ADDED INCENTIVE, EACH PARTICIPATING HIKING GROUP WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH 20 PAIRS OF COTTON GLOVES AND 50 LITTER BAGS.

A HIKING LITTER WARDEN COULD OBTAIN ADDITIONAL LITTER BAGS FROM ANY COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE WHEN HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF ON THE PRODUCTION OF HIS BADGE.

MR IU MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE LEADERS OF SOME 40 HIKING GROUPS ATTENDING A SEMINAR ON HIKERS' CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION AT THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S TAI TONG FOREST NURSERY.

EARLIER IN THE MORNING, THESE HIKERS ALSO TOOK PART IN A MAJOR LITTER COLLECTION EXERCISE IN SHAM TSENG, TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK.

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THIS EXERCISE WAS LED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL REGIONAL COUCNIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR WALTER SULKE,

ANOTHER STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER, MR YEUNG PO-KWAN.

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TODAY'S ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE "KEEP COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN!

PHASE OF THIS YEAR'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN.

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