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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1989

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CLEANER ENVIRONMENT IN WONG TAI SIN SQUATTER AREAS

THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN WONG TAI SIN'S SQUATTER AREAS HAS IMPROVED AS A RESULT OF A CLEANLINESS CAMPAIGN.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY MR LI YUK-WA. CHAIRMAN OF THE WONG TAI SIN SQUATTER AREAS CLEANLINESS CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP FORMED UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARD'S SQUATTER AREAS COMMITTEE.

SPEAKING AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AND TEA RECEPTION TO MARK THE CLOSING OF THE CAMPAIGN. MR L1 SAID MANY RUBBISH BLACKSPOTS AND CLOGGED DRAINAGES IN THE SQUATTER AREAS HAD BEEN CLEARED BY URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF AND PRIVATE CONTRACTORS HIRED WITH DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS.

MR LI COMMENDED MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICE FOR THEIR JOINT EFFORT IN MAKING THE CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS.

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WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT то ACHIEVE GOOD RESULTS IN THE SQUATTER AREAS CLEANLINESS CAMPAIGN, HE SAID.

MR LI POINTED OUT THAT PUBLICITY MATERIALS HAD BASICALLY REACHED EVERY RESIDENT OF THE SQUATTER AREAS AND THAT HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS HAD TAKEN PART IN ACTIVITIES AND COMPETITIONS ORGANISED TO CONVEY THE "KEEP CLEAN" MESSAGE.

THE FOUR-WEEK-LONG CAMPAIGN, WHICH STARTED ON SEPTEMBER 24. WAS ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN SQUATTER AREAS CLEANLINESS CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP.

ACTIVITIES HELD INCLUDED CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND COLOUR-SHADING COMPETITIONS. AND A COMPETITION TO SELECT THE CLEANEST HOUSEHOLD AND VILLAGE. THERE WERE ALSO CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS AND PEST CONTROL EXERCISES.

THE UPPER LION ROCK VILLAGE WAS SELECTED THE CLEANEST SQUATTER VILLAGE OF THE DISTRICT WHILE SHEUNG YUEN LENG AND HEUNG YEUNG VILLAGES WERE THE FIRST AND SECOND RUNNERS-UP.

OFFICIATING GUESTS AT TODAY'S CEREMONY INCLUDED THE WONG ΤΑΙ SIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, DR MICHAEL LEE: CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S SQUATTER AREAS COMMITTEE. MRS LEE LO YUK-SIM; ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS SANDY CHAN: AND THE DISTRICT'S HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR KONG WAN-FEE.

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