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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1988

GOVERNOR OFFICIATES AT FLOAT PARADE

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON TODAY (SUNDAY) OFFICIATED AT A CEREMONY FOR THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN FLOAT PARADE, ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE.

THE PARADE WAS THE FOCAL ACTIVITY OF THE 1988-89 KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PHASE, WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED WITH A VIEW TO FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY CONCERN IN THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN OPERATION.

A TOTAL OF 29 VINTAGE CARS, OF WHICH 17 WERE FROM THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND 12 FROM MAJOR COMMERCIAL CONCERNS, TOOK PART IN THE FLOAT PARADE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE SAID: "WE HAD A MUCH BETTER RESPONSE THIS YEAR AS MORE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES READILY RESPONDED TO OUR INVITATION."

"THE ESSENCE OF THE PARADE DOES NOT ONLY LIE WITH THE FANCIFUL APPEAL THAT THESE GLAMOUROUSLY DECORATED FLOATS GENERATE FOR THE KREP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN, IT IS ALSO THE SENSE OF COMMITMENT OF THE PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS THAT MAKE THE EVENT ALL THE MORE MEANINGFUL, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THE VEHICLES, ALL BEARING KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN APPEAL MESSAGES, BEGAN THE LONG TRER ACROSS TOWN FROM THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND THIS MORNING, PASSING THROUGH THE MOST POPULATED AREAS OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT AND KOWLOON, AND TERMINATING AT CHATER ROAD IN CENTRAL.

MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE ENJOYED AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AND

GAMES, WHEN THE VEHICLES WERE PARKED ALONG THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT, WHILE THE PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS STAGED VARIOUS KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

A LIVE TELEVISION SHOW, ATTENDED BY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON AND SOME 300 INVITED GUESTS, COMPRISING URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILLORS, AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS, WAS BROADCAST VIA THE ASIA TELEVISION IN THE AFTERNOON.

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE CEREMONY, SIR DAVID SAID KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN WAS SOMETHING "WHICH ALL OF US CAN CONTRIBUTE · TO".

"IT IS NOT A MATTER PURELY FOR THE GOVERNMENT, OR FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL, OR FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, BUT SOMETHING IN WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON IN HONG KONG CAN MAKE A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO MAKING HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.

"SO I HOPE THAT TODAY'S EVENTS WILL HELP ΤΟ ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RECEIVE AND ACT ON THAT MESSAGE,' SIR DAVID ADDED.

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