FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1982
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YOUNG TREES AVAILABLE FOR NT SCHOOLS
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NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOL MASTERS WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED TO COLLECT YOUNG TREES AND SEEDLINGS FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ENHANCE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THEIR SCHOOL COMPOUND.
MAKING THE APPEAL, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID THAT STAFF MEMBERS OF HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ARRANGED TO GIVE ADVICE ON TREE PLANTING IF REQUESTED.
MR LEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY TO MARK THE TAI PO TREE PLANTING DAY AT AN OPEN SPACE AT TING KOK ROAD TODAY (FRIDAY).
MORE THAN 100 SCHOOL CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TOOK PART IN THE EVENT AND PLANTED SOME 60 EVERGREEN TREES AT A BARREN SPOT IN THE NEW TOWN.
TODAY'S JOINT EFFORTS WERE AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE OF TREE PLANTING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEI FA (BEAUTIFICATION) PHASE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
MR LEUNG SAID WHEN THE YOUNG TREES MATURE IN THE YEARS AHEAD, THEY WILL CREATE A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO HELPED MAKE THE TREE PLANTING DAY A SUCCESS.
APART FROM PLANTING MORE TREES TO MAKE THE NEW TOWN A MORE PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE IN, MR LEUNG SAID THE NTSD ALSO PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE METICULOUS CARE OF TREES.
HE APPEALED TO THE RESIDENTS TO PLEDGE THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO THE BEAUTIFICATION SCHEME AND STOP THE MALPRACTICE OF TREE VANDAL ISM.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG WAI-LUM, THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR LO KAR-CHUN, THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE MR LAM PAK-PING, THE CHAIRMAN OF ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT AND WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE OF TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHEUNG HON-KAU, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR LAU PEI-PING.