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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1988

PARADE EMPHASISES KEEPING ENVIRONMENT CLEAN

A KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN PUBLICITY PARADE WAS HELD TODAY (SUNDAY) IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

APPEALING FOR SUPPORT TO THE DISTRICT'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, MR CHAN YAU-YUE URGED THE RESIDENTS TO KEEP UP THEIR EFFORTS IN MAINTAINING A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.

"ALTHOUGH HONG KONG BAS A ENVIRONMENT NOWADAYS, WE SHOULD NOT STRIVE TO DO EVEN BETTER, HE SAID.

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MUCH CLEANER AND MORE HYGIENIC SLACKEN OUR EFFORT AND SHOULD

TODAY'S PARADE, COMPRISING MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, URBAN COUNCILLORS AND STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AROUND SOUTHERN DISTRICT ON A DECORATED OPEN-TOP DOUBLE-DECKER.

THEY VISITED LARGE RESIDENTIAL ESTATES IN ABERDEEN, WAN, WAH FU, TIN WAN, AP LEI CHAU AND WONG CHUK HANG.

TOURED

SHEK PAI

RESIDENTS WERE GIVEN PUBLICITY LEAFLETS AND SOUVENIRS AND WERE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A GAME STALL FEATURING THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN MESSAGE.

THE PARADE WAS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMITTEE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND FROM THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.

ENVIRONMENT

SPONSORSHIP

COLLECTION

THE COMMITTEE ALSO PLANS ΤΟ ORGANISE A REFUSE PROGRAMME IN ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER AROUND LUNAR NEW YEAR AND A SERIES OF CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN SQUATTER AREAS BARLY NEXT YEAR.

CONCERN FOR ELDERLY EVIDENT IN TAI PO

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TAI PO DISTRICT HAD ALWAYS SHOWED CONCERN ABOUT THE QUALITY LIFE FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE DISTRICT, THE ACTING ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS MARY CHOW SHUK-CHING, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT HEALTH CHECK DAY FOR THE ELDERLY AT THE TAI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE, MISS CHOW NOTED THAT THERE WERE EIGHT HOMES WITH ABOUT 800 BEDS FOR THE ELDERLY AND CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY WITH SOME 700 MEMBERS.

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