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SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1990

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WAN CHAI RESIDENTS URGED TO SUPPORT GREENERY PROJECT

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WAN CHAI RESIDENTS WERE URGED TODAY (SATURDAY) TO SUPPORT PROJECT TO PROVIDE GREENERY IN THEIR DISTRICT AND TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE PLANTS PROVIDED UNDER THE SCHEME.

MAKING THE PLEA AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT CLEAN AND PLANT FOR CHARITY CAMPAIGN, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, SAID ABOUT 200 PLANTERS HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE LOCKHART ROAD CENTRAL DIVIDERS FROM THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS то CANAL ROAD IN ORDER TO BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT.

"THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TOWARDS IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID.

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MR MANN SAID THE CAMPAIGN WAS ALSO INTENDED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST.

IT WAS HOPED THAT THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN THE PUBLIC WOULD BE MADE MORE AWARE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.

A SUM OF MORE THAN $30,000, RAISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, BUILDING MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS OF WAN CHAI FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST, WAS PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHEST, MR DENIS BRAY, AT THE CEREMONY.

AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN, 50 TREE SEEDLINGS WILL BE PLANTED IN THE QUARRY BAY COUNTRY PARK THIS AFTERNOON BY A TEAM OF BOY SCOUTS FROM THE DISTRICT, TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, AND MISS HONG KONG 1989, MONICA CHAN.

DRAMA PERFORMANCES CONVEY FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE

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THE WINNING TEAMS IN A FIGHT CRIME DRAMA COMPETITION PERFORMANCES AT A "FIGHT CRIME DRAMA MEET" HELD IN THE TSUEN WAN HALL THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

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EVENT,

SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOLS AND DRAMA GROUPS TOOK PART IN THE FOCUSSING THEIR PRESENTATIONS ON THE THEMES OF ANTI-TRIAD AND HOME SECURITY.

PRIZE PRESENTATION HELD AT THE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME SAID VARIOUS ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN ORGANISED

SPEAKING AT THE COMPETITION SAME TIME, THE CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE, MR SIN SIU-WAH,

DURING THE YEAR TO PUBLICISE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGES.

/THESE ACTIVITIES