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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1983
TAI PO AND KWAI CHUNG TO HOLD TREE PLANTING DAYS
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TWO MORE DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES -- TAI PO AND' KWAI CHUNG WILL HOLD THEIR TREE PLANTING DAYS ON WEDNESDAY
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(JUNE 8).
THE TWO PLANTING DAYS ARE BEING ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS PART OF A SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT,
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, SOME 120 STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD WILL PLANT 100 YOUNG EVERGREEN TREES AROUND THE PLOVER COVE ROAD MINI-SOCCER PITCH.
THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR PONG KIN-HONG, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND WORKS COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG HON-KAU, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE TREE PLANTING CEREMONY.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE EVENT WILL BE THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR CHAN CHUN-YUEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG WAI-LAM, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAM PAK-PING.
IN THE AFTERNOON, THE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE ROADSIDE OF KWAI SHING CIRCUIT NEXT TO KWAI SHING EAST ESTATE.
TO MARK THE OCCASION, ABOUT 100 EVERGREEN TREES WILL BE PLANTED BY ABOUT 100 SCHOOL CHILDREN AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.
PRESIDING OVER THE TREE PLANTING CEREMONY WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, MR NGAI YAU-KEI, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF KWAI CHUNG, MR CHAN TAI-YIU.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TWO TREE PLANTING DAYS.
THE TAI PO DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY WILL BE HELD AT THE PLOVER COVE ROAD MINI-SOCCER PITCH IN TAI PO AT 10.30 AM ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 8).
THE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY WILL BE HELD ON THE ROADSIDE OF KWAI SHING CIRCUIT NEXT TO BLOCK 17, KWAJ SHING EAST ESTATE, KWAI CHUNG, AT 3.30 PM THE SAME DAY.
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