XN000022-1990-04-17 — Page 8

TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1990

PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED. IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.

DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1990 WILL BR GPO FLOOR, AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND JUNE 20 AT $11.50 PER COPY.

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GOOD RESPONSE TO CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME '89 * * * * *

MORE THAN 11,100 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE 1989 CLEAN AND SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

GREEN

THE SCHEME IS SPONSORED BY BAYER CHINA CO. LTD AND ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG HARBOUR.

FOUR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN ORGANISED AT VARIOUS STAGES UNDER THE SCHEME WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE CLEAN AND GREEN WALK, LITTER COLLECTION AND TREE TENDING, THE BEST COUNTRYSIDE TREE COMPETITION, AND THE CLEAN AND GREEN QUIZ.

THESE ACTIVITIES WERE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE PARTICIPANTS COULD EITHER INVOLVE PHYSICALLY IN KEEPING COUNTRY PARKS CLEAN AND GREEN OR HELP SPREAD THE CLEAN AND GREEN MESSAGE.

THE CLEAN AND GREEN WALK ATTRACTED 597 PARTICIPANTS, OF WHOM 51 COMPLETED MORE THAN SIX SECTIONS OF THE MACLEHOSE TRAIL AND WERE EACH AWARDED A SPECIAL SOUVENIR.

MORE THAN 10,400 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN VOLUNTARY SERVICES UNDER THE SCHEME BY HELPING TO COLLECT LITTER AND TEND TREES IN THE COUNTRY PARKS.

THE BEST COUNTRYSIDE TREE COMPETITION RECEIVED 42 ENTRIES AND 10 WINNERS WERE SELECTED ON APRIL 3.

STUDENTS FROM 18 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST ROUND AND THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE CLEAN AND GREEN QUIZ HELD IN MARCH AND APRIL.

/SING YIN