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TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1991

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"TODAY WE GIVE THANKS FOR THOSE EFFORTS

AND

GIVE RECOGNITION

TO MANY WHO WORKED PARTICULARLY HARD, LADY WILSON SAID.

LADY WILSON SAID HELPING HAND WAS AN ORGANISATION SHE WAS PROUD TO BE PATRON OF.

THAT IS GOOD

MUCH "IT STANDS FOR SO PARTICULAR THE SENSE OF PURPOSE, THE GENEROSITY AND THE ELDERLY," SHE SAID.

VERY

ABOUT HONG KONG: IN THE RESPECT FOR

AT ADMIRATION LADY WILSON SAID SHE HAD WATCHED WITH THE ORGANISATION HAD GROWN SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1978.

THE WAY

"SO MANY DEDICATED, GENEROUS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED HESITATE TO MENTION ANY OF THEM BY NAME.

THAT I

"SOME OF THEIR NAMES ARE WELL-KNOWN TO US ALL, SOME HAVE WORKED

KONG PEOPLE; OTHERS QUIETLY BEHIND THE SCENES. SOME WERE HONG

MADE

THEIR HOMES HERE.

HANDS' ARE

THEIR STEADILY

"THEY HAVE SHARED A DETERMINATION TO REACH OUT AND HELP. EFFORTS CONTINUE TO INSPIRE OTHERS AND 'HELPING GROWING IN NUMBER, LADY WILSON SAID.

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CLEAN SQUATTER AREA/VILLAGE PHASE LAUNCHED

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THE CLEAN SQUATTER AREA/VILLAGE PHASE OF CLEAN CAMPAIGN IS BEING LAUNCHED THIS MONTH TO CONDITION IN THESE AREAS.

PHASE IS

THE KEEP HONG KONG IMPROVE THE HYGIENIC

THE TERRITORY-WIDE

ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE.

"DURING THIS PHASE, CLEANSING STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND REGIONAL SERVICES

CONDUCT CLEAN-UP DEPARTMENT

AS IN OPERATIONS ON BLACK SPOTS SUCH AS STREAMS AND DITCHES, AS WELL

FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE OTHER PUBLIC PLACES," A SPOKESMAN TODAY (TUESDAY).

ADDITIONAL REFUSE AND JUNK COLLECTION POINTS WERE BEING SET TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED OUTPUT OF LITTER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

293 TONNES "LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF COLLECTED, AND 86 PROSECUTIONS WERE ISSUED THE OPERATIONS," HE ADDED.

SAID

UP

OF

REFUSE AND JUNK WAS AGAINST LITTERING DURING

MADE

ENQUIRIES ABOUT DETAILS OF THE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS CAN BE TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOTLINE 868 0000 OR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOTLINE 414 5555, AND RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OF BOTH DEPARTMENTS.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS A FINE OF $10,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

OFFICES

FOR LITTERING

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