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SUNDAY.

NOVEMBER 26, 1989

CONCERT PROMOTES KEEP CLEAN MESSAGES

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE URGED TO KEEP THE COUNTRYSIDE

IN A CONCERT HELD AT (SUNDAY).

CLEAN

HOK TAU, PAT SIN LENC COUNTRY PARK TODAY

THE CONCERT WAS ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE AS ONE OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES FOR THIS YEAR'S CLEAN COUNTRYSIDE CAMPAIGN,

"ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF HONG KONG'S 1,071 SQUARE KILOMETRES IS COUNTRYSIDE. TO ACHIEVE A CLEANER AND THUS BETTER ENVIRONMENT, KEEPING OUR COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN IS NOT TO BE

A SPOKESMAN

FOR THE COMMITTEE SAID.

NEGLECTED,

ACCORDING TO STATISTICS, THE AMOUNT OF REFUSE COLLECTED COUNTRY PARKS EACH YEAR IS AROUND 4,000 TONNES AS MUCH IN WEIGHT ABOUT 13 DOUBLE-DECK FERRIES OR 100 JUMBO DOUBLE-DECK BUSES.

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AS

"WE HOPE RESIDENTS WILL SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING OUR COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN AFTER ENJOYING VARIOUS FACILITIES AT THE COUNTRY PARKS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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DURING THE CONCERT, THE AUDIENCE WAS REMINDED IN PARTICULAR THE NEED TO DISPOSE OF REFUSE PROPERLY · IN THE LITTER BINS PROVIDED IN THE PARK AREAS

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"VISITORS TO THE COUNTRY PARKS ARE REQUESTED TO TAKE THE LITTER WITH THEM IT LITTER BINS ARE NOT FOUND NEARBY, AND DROF IT IN THE LITTER BINS WHEN THEY COME ACROSS THEM LATER," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IN THE 10 MONTHS ENDING OCTOBER, 641 PEOPLE WERF PROSECUTED FOR LITTERING IN THE COUNTRY PARKS.

TO FURTHER DRIVE HOME THE KEEP CLEAN MESSAGE, A NEWLY PRODUCED API LANNOUNCEMENT IN PUBLIC INTERESTI ON KEEPING THE COUNTRYSIDE OLEAN WAS BEING BROADCAST ON TELEVISION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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A POSTER WAS ALSO PRODUCED TO REINFORCE THE THEME OF "BE

PITCH IN AND KEEP OUR COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN", HE SAID.

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THE ONE-HOUR CONCERT WITH PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS AND DISC JOCKEYS. WAS PRODUCED AND BROADCAST LIVE ON COMMERCIAL RADIO I.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CONCERT WERE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARK BOARD AND MEMBER OF THE KEEP HONG KONG

CHEUNG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS

HON-RAU; MEMBER OF URBAN COUNCIL'S PUBLIC HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE, MR LAM CHAK-PIU; DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE.

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