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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1991

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR DOMINIC CHAN, SAID THE CAMPAIGN WOULD SERVE A DUAL PURPOSE.

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PUBLIC

HYGIENE CAN RAISE FUNDS FOR THE

HE SAID.

"ON THE ONE HAND, IT CAN PROMOTE GREENERY IN THE DISTRICT AND ON THE OTHER HAND, IT COMMUNITY CHEST AND HELP THE NEEDY IN OUR SOCIETY,

SPONSORSHIP FORMS FOR

THE CAMPAIGN ARE

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UNTIL MARCH 15 AT THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE IN SOUTHORN CENTRE.

AVAILABLE FROM NOW

OR MORB WILL THE MOST GENEROUS

MR CHAN SAID ALL SPONSORS WHO HAVE DONATED $100 EACH BE AWARDED AN APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE WHILE SPONSOR WILL RECEIVE A GRAND PRIZE AS WELL.

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EXHIBITION ROUNDS OFF CLEANING CAMPAIGN ON ISLANDS

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AN EXHIBITION ON ENVIRONmental CONSERVATION WAS HELD TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE PAK TAI PLAYGROUND ON CHEUNG CHAU AS A FINALE TO THE "CLEANING FORTNIGHT" EXERCISE OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.

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THE EXERCISE, A MAJOR PROGRAMME OF THE DISTRICT'9 CURRENT HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN, INCLUDED CLEANING ACTIVITIES IN THE EIGHT RURAL AREAS OF THE DISTRICT, A FISHING BOAT CLEANING COMPETITION CHEUNG CHAU AND A CLEAN-UP EXERCISE ALONG TAI O CREEK ON LANTAU.

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PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXERCISE WERE AWARDED SOUVENIRS WINNERS OF THE FISHING BOAT CLEANING COMPETITION WERE PRESENTED WITH PRIZES AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY TODAY.

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR LAM WAI-KEUNG, AND ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KIM SALKELD.

A TEAM OF 'CLEAN HONG KONG' CAPTAINS FORMED BY YOUNG VOLUNTEERS WERE ALSO STATIONED AT THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND LITTERING BLACK SPOTS ON CHEUNG CHAU TODAY TO ADVISE RESIDENTS THE PROPER WAYS TO DISPOSE RUBBISH.

THE 'CLEANING FORTNIGHT' EXERCISE, ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM DISTRICT OFFICE, REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND RIGHT RURAL COMMITTEES, HAS BEEN LAUNCHED TO COINCIDE WITH THE CHINESE CUSTOM OF CLEANING UP HOMES TO WELCOME IN THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.

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