SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1982
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RIGHT TURN BAN IN CENTRAL
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TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN CENTRAL, SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES ALONG GILMAN STREET WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT INTO DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (AUGUST 16).
AT THE SAME TIME, THE TAXI STAND ON WING ON STREET WILL BE MOVED TO RUMSEY STREET.
YUEN LONG LAUNCHES TREE PLANTING FORTNIGHT+
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HUNDREDS OF EVERGREEN TREES WILL BE PLANTED THROUGHOUT YUEN LONG DISTRICT FOR TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, TO HELP BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE EFFORT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE YUEN LONG CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT BOARD OF YUEN LONG AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
GIVEN THE NAME OF TREE PLANTING FORTNIGHT+ IT WAS SET OFF AT A CEREMONY HELD TODAY AT THE MINI-SOCCER PITCH IN KAM TIN VILLAGE.
THE CHAIRMAN OF YUEN LONG CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR TANG TAK-KAU OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY SAID THE +TREE PLANTING FORTNIGHT+ COINCIDED WITH THE +BEAUTIFICATION PHASE+ OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
HE CALLED ON HIS FELLOW VILLAGERS TO HELP MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT GREENER AND MORE PLEASANT.
MR TANG AND OTHER RURAL LEADERS AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, LATER SET THE EXAMPLE BY PLANTING SEVERAL EVERGREEN TREES,
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE CEREMONY WERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICERS OF YUEN LONG, MR YEUNG YIU-SHING AND MR DAVID SKINNER, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR PONG KIN-HONG,
FROM TUESDAY, THE GROUP WILL GO ON TO TAI SHANG WAI NGAU TAM MEI, WAI TSAI TSUEN, WING PING TSUEN AND PARKVIEW GARDEN TO PLANT MORÉ TREES.
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