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SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1990

WE ARE STUDYING

A

RANGE OF OPTIONS

THAT LEADS

CONNECTION, **IN THIS INCLUDING FIXED PENALTY TICKETS. OUR AIM WILL BE A SYSTEM TO GENUINE DETERRENCE AND YET IS RELATIVELY EASY TO ADMINISTER AND AT THE SAME TIME AVOIDS UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION,

THE NEW

MASCOT

**

HE SAID.

THE CAMPAIGN, IN A SMART GREEN

FOR THE MR TONG INTRODUCED "DRAGON OF CLEANLINESS", A CARTOON FIGURE DRESSED WORKING SUIT WITH A BROOM IN HIS HAND.

MASCOT

LOOKS AMUSING,

THE "ALTHOUGH INTENTION BEHIND THE RETIREMENT OF 'LAP SAP CHUNG*.

THERE

A IS

SERIOUS

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FROM FOLLOWS HE SAID.

OUR EFFORTS TO

"THE DRAGON OF CLEANLINESS' ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO PITCH-IN,

CHAIRMAN OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE

CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR H.M.G. FORSGATE;

KONG COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG; MEMBER OF THE JOINT UC/RC KEEP HONG

MR POON

URBAN DIRECTOR OF CHIN-HUNG; CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, SERVICES, MR JAMES SO; AND ACTING DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, JACQUELINE WILLIS.

MISS

ORGANISED

DURING THE DAY, SEVERAL DISTRICT CLEAN-UP ACTIVITIES BY VARIOUS DISTRICT BOARDS IN SUPPORT OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG DAY WILL BE HELD.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE FULL TEXT A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AND

AND MR TONG KAM-BIU ARE SECRETARY THE CHIEF OF THE SPEECHES BY AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS NEWSROOM.

84,044 PRIMARY 6 PUPILS ALLOCATED FREE SECONDARY 1 SCHOOL PLACES

PLACES

PLACES

IN

ALL 84,044 PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL

SYSTEM HAVE BEEN ALLOCATION

ALLOCATED SECONDARY 1 GOVERNMENT, AIDED OR PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THE NUMBER INCLUDES 2,962 PUPILS (3.52 PER CENT) WHO HAVE SUCCESSFUL IN APPLYING FOR DISCRETIONARY PLACES.

BEEN

SAID TODAY (SUNDAY)

THEIR FIRST

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THAT 38,963 (46.36 PER CENT) WERE ALLOCATED ACCORDING TO CHOICE.

"THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO THEIR FIRST THREE CHOICES IS 67.52 PER CENT, OR SPOKESMAN SAID,

WERE

ALLOCATED 56,746

ACCORDING TO PUPILS, THE

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/"ALL PLACES .....................