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SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1991

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CLEAN BEACH OPERATIONS LAUNCHED TODAY

MORE THAN A BEACH-GOERS AT CLEAR WATER FORMAL LAUNCHING OF THE

CLEANING-THE-BEACH MESSAGES WERE DISSEMINATED TO MILLION RADIO LISTENERS AND HUNDREDS OF BAY (SECOND BEACH), SAT KUNG FOLLOWING THE CLEAN BEACH PHASE TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE

BEACH CLEAN

PHASE. COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP

IMPLEMENTED

BY THE JOINT URBAN HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, FORMS PART OF THE KREP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN 1991/92.

THIS PHASE INCLUDE CLEAN-UP

DURING ORGANISED ACTIVITIES OPERATIONS, ANTI-LITTER BLITZ AND A BEACH SHOW.

SPEAKING

AT THE

CEREMONY LAUNCHING

TODAY,

THE

STEERING ACTIVE ESPECIALLY DURING

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR GILBERT LEUNG, SAID HE WAS GLAD TO SEE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BEACH CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS, THE SUMMER MONTHS.

40 SECONDARY SCHOOLS THIS YEAR'S AUXILIARY

HE NOTED THAT ABOUT 2,000 STUDENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN LITTER WARDEN SCHEME OPERATED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE.

THE

SCHEME,

WHICH

WAS IMPLEMENTED

SINCE

1979,

COVERS 11

BEACHES IN THE URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES AREAS.

LITTER DEMONSTRATE THE HONG KONG CLEAN, BUT FRIENDS AND MEMBERS OF

MR LEUNG SAID THE WARDENS' ADVICE TO BEACH-GOERS NOT TO

NOT ONLY BEACH WOULD AND EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP THE CORRECT CIVIC-MINDED ATTITUDE TOWARDS KEEPING WOULD ALSO SET A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE TO THEIR THE COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW.

SCHEME, I UNDERSTAND AGENCIES

HAVE UNDER

"APART FROM THE AUXILIARY LITTER WARDEN

COMMUNITY

VOLUNTARY THAT

GROUPS AND MANY OTHER CONDUCTED OR WILL CONDUCT LITTER-PICKING ACTIVITIES THIS SUMMER THE 'ADOPT A BEACH' SCHEME, HE SAID.

"TO THOSE STUBBORN ONES WHO IGNORE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO WILL KEEP CLEAN AND NOT TO LITTER, THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS STEP UP ENFORCEMENT ACTION," HE ADDED.

THE STEERING COMMITTEE ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE

CHAIRMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN, MISS CHRISTINA TING; SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD MR WILLIAM WAN; ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (DEVELOPMENT) OF SAI KUNG, OF EDUCATION (CHIEF MR THOMAS CHAN; AND ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR HO CHI-LEUNG.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, THE OFFICIATING GUESTS

JOINED HANDS WITH

80 AUXILIARY LITTER WARDENS IN A CLEAN-UP OPERATION.

THE CLEAN BEACH EVENT INCLUDED A

CONCERT WHICH WAS PRODUCED AND BROADCAST LIVE BY COMMERCIAL RADIO 2 FROM 2 PM TO 3 PM.

THE SHOW FEATURED POPULAR SINGERS MISS YOLINDA YAN, MR ANDY NG,

LAI STEPHANIE

IN GRASSHOPPERS

MISS

PERFORMANCES.

THE AND

VARIOUS MUSICAL

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