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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1982
NT YOUTHS SET UP FIRST HORTICULTURAL CLUB
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A GROUP OF 50 YOUNGSTERS ATTENDING COURSES ON THE TECHNIQUES OF POT AND GARDEN PLANTING IN SHA TIN TODAY (SATURDAY) SET UP THE FIRST HORTICULTURAL CLUB IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE CLUB WAS FORMED TO PROMOTE HORTICULTURE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, THE SENIOR AMENITIES OFFICER OF SHA TIN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE, MR GORDON WHITAKER, SAID.
THIS WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BEAUTIFY AND CARE FOR THE IR ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID.
MR WHITAKER WAS SPEAKING AT A BRIEF CEREMONY MARK ING THE OPENING OF THE SHA TIN HORTICULTURAL CLUB AT AN OPEN SPACE ADJACENT TO THE SHA TIN JOCKEY CLUB PUBLIC SQUASH COURTS AND ON THE BANK OF SHING MUN RIVER.
THE CLUB WAS FORMED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
→WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN, IT IS NECESSARY TO BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT WITH PLANTS,+ MR WHITAKER SAID.
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THE NTSD HAD ALREADY PLANTED MANY VARIETIES OF TREES, AND GROUND COVERS IN PARKS, PLEASURE GROUNDS AND ROADSIDE AMENITY AREAS, MR WHITAKER SAID, ADDING THAT THE PUBLIC COULD ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN THE LANDSCAPE PLANTING AND BEAUTIFICATION WORK.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, THE YOUNGSTERS ATTENDED THE FIRST SESSION OF A THREE-MONTH-LONG COURSE BEING CONDUCTED BY HORTICULTURAL EXPERTS OF THE NTSD.
THEY WILL BE GIVEN PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CORRECT TECHNIQUES OF GARDENING AND THE GROWING OF PLANTS AND TREES.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE FUNCTION TODAY WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION, MR SOUTH CHOW.
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