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SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1990

ACCIDENTS FREQUENT

AT THE

LEVEL

A QUESTION CONCERNING

THE

CROSSING ON TSING LUN ROAD WILL ALSO BE RAISED.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TUEN MUN

YUEN

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING OF THE LONG DISTRICT BOARDS' JOINT COMMITTEE ON MONITORING LRT SERVICES TO BE ROOM, 13TH FLOOR, HELD ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 23) IN THE DB CONFERENCE

OFFICES, 2 KIU LOK SQUARE, YUEN YUEN LONG GOVERNMENT MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 10 AM.

LONG.

THE

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CHARITY DAY ROUNDS OFF CLEANING EXERCISE ON ISLANDS

ABOUT 250 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTHI CLUBS OF VARIOUS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT TOOK PART IN A CLEANING FOR CHARITY DAY ON CHEUNG CHAU TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE ACTIVITY, ORGANISED RY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT KEEP HONG KONG CLKAN CAMPAIGN, WAS AN EXERCISE TO ROUND OFF THE CLBAN-UP PORTNIGHT HELD IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR. KWONG KWOK-KAM, SAID: EVERY ISLANDER SHOULD TREASURE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WE ARE LIVING IN AND KEEP IT CLEAN SO THAT 1T BECOMES A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN AND TO ATTRACT TOURISTS,"

HE ALSO URGED VISITORS TO "PITCH IN" WITH THE ISLANDERS TN THEIR KEPT CLEAN EFFORTS.

THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN BEGAN WITH A KEEP CLEAN SLOGAN WRITING WERE COMPETITION LAST SUMMER, AND BOOKMARKS BEARING THE WINNING ENTRY PRINTED TO SPREAD THE KEEP OLRAN MESSAGE.

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IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, CLEAN-UP EXERCISES WERE HELD AT THE EIGHT RURAL COMMITTEE AREAS IN THE DISTRICT. THEY WERE ORGANISED IN DIFFERENT FORMS, INCLUDING A CLEAN-UP OF STREETS, FISHING RAFTS AND CREEKS.

STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE CLEAN-UP WERE DIVIDED INTO TEAMS

TO PICK UP LITTER ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF CHRUNG CHAU.

THEY WERE SPONSORED BY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WHO WILL MAKE DONATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST.

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