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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1991

JULY

14

AT

TOWER

THE CARNIVAL IS SCHEDULED FOR

STARTING (SUNDAY) 10.30 AM AT THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE PIAZZA NEAR THE CLOCK IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

H

BY MISS TING "THE GARDEN CELEBRATION" IN NOVEMBER, DESCRIBED

THE WILL BE UNVEILED IN AS A "VISUAL AND SYMBOLIC ATTENTION-GRABBER* CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT IN CENTRAL.

ON

DISTRICT

PARTICIPATION, MISS

TING

ENCOURAGE DISTRICT

ΤΟ BOARDS

THE SAID

STEERING ORGANISE CLEAN-UP

COMMITTEE WOULD OPERATIONS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN.

1991/92

PLANNED FOR AND AUGUST, OCTOBER, CLEAN CLEAN-UP IN AND A

ONGOING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS

BEACH EXERCISES IN JULY INCLUDE CLEAN

AND SEPTEMBER BLOCK-TO-BLOCK CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS IN COUNTRYSIDE EXERCISES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, YEAR-END

ARRAS AND VILLAGES JANUARY 1992, CLEAN

SQUATTER

CONTINUOUS CLEAN TYPHOON SHELTER OPERATION.

IN MARCH

MISS TING NOTED

THAT DURING EACH PHASE OF THE PROGRAMME,

STEP UP LAW ENFORCEMENT

ΤΟ

GIVE

CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS WOULD DETERRENCE TO INDISCRIMINATE LITTERING.

"DURING THE CLEAN BEACH PHASE,

THE AUXILIARY LITTER WARDEN SCHEME WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND EXPANDED TO INVOLVE SOME 2,700 STUDENTS FROM 84 SCHOOLS TO HELP CLEAN UP 11 BEACHES ON HONG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,

SHE SAID.

MISS TING ALSO APPEALED TO MEMBERS

KONG ISLAND AND

OF THE PUBLIC, VOLUNTARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND LITTER-PICKING

AGENCIES AND FIRMS TO CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TO ORGANISE GROUPS ON BEACHES AND IN COUNTRY PARKS AS A KIND OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, AS THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE SEEN AS A COMBINED EFFORT OF THE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENT.

COMMUNITY,

DROP IN NUMBER OF NEW TB CASES CONTINUES

THERE

A HAS REEN

CONTINUOUS DROP IN THE NUMBER OF NEW TUBERCULOSIS CASES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IN HONG KONG.

HEALTH, THE DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION, SAID THIS AT THE

TODAY (THURSDAY).

HIS IN

CAPACITY AS

DR S.H. LEE, TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

OF

PER 112.2

LAST

POPULATION,

HE SAID THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 6,510 NEW TUBERCULOSIS CASES

A

RATE YEAR WITH

NOTIFICATION

100,000 COMPARED WITH 6,704 CASES AND A NOTIFICATION RATE OF 116.4 IN 1989.

THE FIGURES