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SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1991

* DANCES ITH DRAGONS' CARNIVAL IN TSIM SHA TSUI

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THE 19TH KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED TODAY (SUNDAY) WITH A LARGE-SCALE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FUNCTION THE "DANCES WITH DRAGONS" CARNIVAL IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

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CARNIVAL

WAS

HELD AT THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE, THE ATTENDED BY A LARGE AUDIENCE COMPRISING URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILLORS, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT OFFICERS, LEADERS, STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

COMMUNITY

CAMPAIGN, THE KEEP IMPROVING

SPEAKING AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TO START THE SAID THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR ALBERT LAM, HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN HAD BROUGHT ABOUT MAJOR STRIDES IN BOTH ACTUAL AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF CLEANLINESS OVER THE PAST YEARS.

"APART FROM THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH DAY-TO-DAY CLEANSING WORK, DISTRICT BOARDS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS' UNRESERVED SUPPORT ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

"THEIR PHYSICAL

ACTIVITIES CLEAN MESSAGĖ, AND CLEANER

INVOLVEMENT IN VARIOUS DISTRICT HAS NOT ONLY HELPED TO DISSEMINATE THE KEEP HONG KONG BUT HAS ALSO SET A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE TOWARDS A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT,' MR LAM SAID.

IT

"TAKE HE ALSO APPEALED TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL OF THE COMMUNITY TO CLEAN", WHICH THE LEAD TO KEEP HONG KONG

IS THE SLOGAN FOR THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN.

THE

FRESH MR LAM NOTED THAT TO ADD

IMPETUS AND TO BROADEN

OF SCOPE OF PUBLICITY, THE CAMPAIGN MASCOT, THE DRAGON

CLEANLINESS, HAD SET UP A FAMILY OF FIVE DRAGONS WHICH INCLUDED THE COUNTRY PRAGON, THE BEACH DRAGON AND TWO KID DRAGONS.

"THEY WILL CERTAINLY GENERATE VERY IMPRESSIVE PUBLICITY AND ALL HELP PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PEOPLE FROM WALKS OF LIFE, HE SAID.

THE FIVE DRAGONS ACTIVELY TOOK PART IN TODAY'S CARNIVAL, PLAYING KEY ROLES IN A SPECIALLY CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE BY

STUDENTS OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS AND IN A MIME DESIGNED BY THE FRINGE CLUB, AS WELL AS DANCED TO A SPECIAL RAP TUNE PUBLICISE THE NEW CAMPAIGN SLOGAN.

ALSO

AT OFFICIATING

LEUNG

THE

COMPOSED ΤΟ

CHAIRMAN COUNCIL KEEP AND MISS CHRISTINA

DIRECTOR YAU; DIRECTOR

AND HONG

OF

OF URBAN

THE CEREMONY WERE THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR GILBERT

IRENE TING; DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS REGIONAL SERVICES,

HSU; AND ACTING SERVICES, MR PETER NG.

MR ADOLF

/IN HIS