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SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1981
NEW TERMINAL POINTS FOR BUS ROUTES 1, 111 AND 121
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CMB SUBURBAN ROUTE NO. 1 AND CROSS HARBOUR ROUTES NOS. 111 AND 121 WILL TERMINATE FROM MONDAY (MARCH 23) AT THE TEMPORARY MACAU FERRY BUS TERMINUS INSTEAD OF THE CLEVERLY STREET BUS TERMINUS IN CENTRAL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
AN ADDITIONAL STOP FOR THE ROUTES WILL BE SET UP AT THE EXISTING EASTBOUND BUS STOP CURRENTLY BEING OBSERVED BY ROUTE NOS. 3A, 4, 7, 70M, 71, 37, 5M AND 44 ON CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL
NOS. THE CLEVERLY STREET BUS TERMINUS.
NORTH DISTRICT FLOWER SHOW OPENS
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A FOUR-DAY FLOWER SHOW WITH MORE THAN 1 000 ENTRIES WAS OPENED AT FANLING SPORTSGROUND IN NORTH DISTRICT TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE WIDE SELECTION OF ENTRIES ARE GROUPED IN SIX COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES - CUT FLOWERS, SCENTED CUT FLOWERS, POT PLANTS, MINIATURE POT PLANTS, ORCHIDS AND BONSAI TYPE PLANTS.
THERE ARE ALSO NON-COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS PROVIDED BY 18 ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE KADOOR IE EXPERIMENTAL AND EXTENSION FARM, CHING CHUNG KOON TAOIST MONASTERY AND LOCAL FLOWER FARMŠ, A DISPLAY OF HIGH-CLASS ROSES IS BEING PUT ON BY TAI YUEN FISHING VILLAGE.
OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THE SHOW WAS A SIGN OF INCREASING INTEREST AND AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL WORLD IN THE MIDST OF THE BUSY INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE.
HE SAID IT ALSO EMPHASISED THE NEED TO RID THE ENVIRONMENT OF RUBBISH AND POLLUTION, AND THE NEED FOR THE SUPPORT OF ALL THE COMMUNITY TO CLEAN UP THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+I URGE YOU ALL TO START LOOKING AROUND NOW TO SEE HOW YOUR OWN SURROUNDINGS MIGHT BE IMPROVED, AND TO SUPPORT THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN WHEN IT STARTS IN THE AUTUMN,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
JOINING MR AKERS-JONES AT THE RIBBON CUTTING WERE THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN- THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN= THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAŬ WONG-FAT- AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHOW COMMITTEE, MR LIU YUN-SUM.
/THS SHOW