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PRIZE PRESENTATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION SPEECH AND SONG CONTESTS

THE SUCCESS OF A CLEAN LIVING ENVIRONMENT DEPENDS ON A CONCERTED EFFORT OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND CANNOT BE ACHIEVED BY THE GOVERNMENT ALONE.

THIS WAS STATED BY A REGIONAL COUNCILLOR, DR PANG HOK-TUEN, AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE 1990 INTER-SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION SPEECH AND SONG CONTESTS HELD AT THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL TODAY (SATURDAY).

DR PANG POINTED OUT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD ONLY ATTAIN A TEMPORARY DETERRENT EFFECT AND THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WAS TO AROUSE CIVIC AWARENESS AMONG THE PUBLIC THROUGH HEALTH EDUCATION.

ALSO SPEAKING WAS URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR ARTHUR CHAM. HE CALLED UPON PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO EDUCATE THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS ON CIVIC AND HEALTH MATTERS, MAKING THEM REALISE THE NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT FOR A GOOD AND HEALTHY LIFE.

THE SPEECH AND SONG CONTESTS, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE URBAN OF COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, WERE ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO ENHANCE HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG STUDENTS.

THE THEME FOR BOTH CONTESTS WAS "TO BE HAPPY, TO BE CLEAN"

THE CONTESTS RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WITH SOME 1,900 STUDENTS FROM MORE THAN 110 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING.

THE WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP OF BOTH CONTESTS WERE PRESENTED WITH TROPHIES AND BOOK COUPONS WORTH BETWEEN $400 AND $1,600.

CONTEST.

TROPHIES WERE ALSO AWARDED TO THE BEST LYRICISTS IN THE SONG

FOLLOWING THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY, GUESTS WERE TREATED TO PERFORMANCES BY THE WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP OF BOTH CONTESTS.

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