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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1989
HE SAID THE NUMBER OF LOCAL FILIPINO GROUPS
PARTICIPATING
THE FUNCTION TODAY HAD DOUBLED AS COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR'S FIGURE.
IN
DR PANG SAID THE WIDER PARTICIPATION OF THE LOCAL FILIPINO COMMUNITY WAS AN INDICATION THAT THE "PITCH-IN" MESSAGE PROMOTED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SCHEME WAS GAINING GROUND AND MORE PEOPLE WERE NOW WILLING TO DEVOTE THEIR LEISURE TIME TOWARDS KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN.
"IT IS NOT MERELY A MATTER OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS GETTING MORE MANPOWER AND RESOURCES TO PHYSICALLY CLEAN UP AND DISPOSE OF THE REFUSE. RATHER IT IS HOW WE CAN ENGENDERE A MASS EFFORT TOWARDS EXERCISING A HIGHER DEGREE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, HE ADDED.
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DR PANG ADDED THAT ALTHOUGH HONG KONG WAS MUCH CLEANER THAN BEFORE, THERE WAS STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. THE SUCCESS OF THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN RELIED TO A GREAT EXTENT ON THE ALL-OUT EFFORT OF EVERYONE LIVING IN HONG KONG REGARDLESS OF RACE. CREED OR COLOUR.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE EVENT WERE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, MR TONG KAM-BIU: LABOUR ATTACHE OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL, MR ARTURO R. DE LIRA: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THONG KONG) OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. MR CHAN CHI-SUM. AND THE DEPARTMENT'S DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT (CENTRAL), MR PAU MAN-CHI.
AFTER THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE SONG CONTEST, 24 FILIPINO GROUPS JOINED HANDS TO CLEAN UP CHATER GARDEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO CLOTHING INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
THE DIRECTOR
LOCAL GARMENT MANUFACTURERS HAVE PROVED THEIR BAGERNESS ΤΟ LOOK AHEAD AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY, OF INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
HE WAS REFERRING TO THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL ON FRIDAY TO INTRODUCE PRACTICAL SYSTEMS AND LOW COST EQUIPMENT COMMON PROBLEMS IN CLOTHING MANUFACTURING.
TO A ONE-DAY NOVEMBER 101
FOR SOLVING
THE
CONFERENCE
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ACCORDING TO MR BARMA, ALL OF THE 300 SEATS AT HAD BEEN SUBSCRIBED AND 15 COMPANIES HAD DONATED CASH TOWARDS CONFERENCE COSTS.
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