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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1983
MEANWHILE THE CHAIRMAN OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND WORKS COMMITTEE OF TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHEUNG HON-KAU, ALSO CALLED ON NEW TOWN RESIDENTS TO HELP MAKE THE MEI FA SCHEME A SUCCESS.
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE FOURTH TAI PO DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY, MR CHEUNG SAID TREE PLANTING PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT.
+BEING RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWN, WE MUST CONTRIBUTE OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR LIVING PLACE MORE GREEN AND GIVE GREATER ATTENTION TO THE CARE OF TREES AND PLANTS, MR CHEUNG SAID.
THE TREE PLANTING EXERCISE, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, COINCIDED WITH THE SECOND MEI FA PHASE OF THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN AND WAS HELD AT THE PLOVER COVE ROAD MINI-SOCCER PITCH.
MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS FROM FIVE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND MEMBERS OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD JOINTLY PLANTED 80 EVERGREEN YOUNG TREES AT THE PITCH.
THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR PONG KIN-HONG, SAID THAT THE NTSD WILL CONTINUE TO PLANT TREES IN THE DISTRICT AND TO PROVIDE PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.
+WE WILL ALSO MAKE IT OUR TASK TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE CARE, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION TO THE TREES WE HAVE PLANTED, MR PONG ADDED.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE EVENT TODAY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR CHAN CHUN-YUEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG WAI-LAM, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAM PAK-PING.
DB MEETINGS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
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THE RESITING OF ABOUT 400 JADE HAWKERS ALONG CANTON ROAD TO NEARBY OFF-STREET SITES WILL BE DISCUSSED AT TOMORROW'S (THURSDAY) YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD MEETING.
THREE OFF-STREET SITES. BOUNDED BY CANTON ROAD, KANSU STREET AND BATTERY STREET AND WITH A TOTAL AREA ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE THE HAWKERS IN STANDARD 0.9 BY 1.2 METRES FIXED PITCHES, ARE BEING CONSIDERED.
AT THE MEETING, MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE CONSULTED ON EXTENDING THE OPERATION OF 582 PARKING METERS IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI SHOPPING AREA TO COVER SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS TO HELP REGULATE THE HEAVY DEMAND FOR PARKING SPACES ON SUCH DAYS.
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