THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1983
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PUBLIC URGED TO PROTECT PLANTS
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THE PUBLIC WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) URGED TO MAKE A GREATER EFFORT TO PROTECT THE VEGETATION SPECIALLY PLANTED TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT.
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY IN TO KWA WAN TO LAUNCH A TREE-PLANTING SCHEME FOR KOWLOON EAST, URBAN COUNCILLOR MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT SAID, +THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL WILL PLANT OVER 10 000 TREES, SOME 30 000 SHRUBS AND MORE THAN 40 000 PLANTS IN WONG TAI SIN, KOWLOON CITY AND KWUN TONG - THE THREE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING DISTRICTS IN THE KOWLOON EAST REGION. +
SHE POINTED OUT THAT WORKERS OF THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD TO TEND THESE TREES AND PLANTS WITH GREAT CARE SO THAT THEY WOULD GROW PROPERLY.
+UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEPARTMENT'S TREE-PLANTING PROGRAMMES ARE INHIBITED BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT APPRECIATE TREES AND FLOWERS AND WHO EVEN DAMAGE THEM MALICIOUSLY.
+ IF WE WANT TO HAVE SHADED AREAS AND A GREEN ENVIRONMENT, WE SHOULD ALL MAKE JOINT EFFORTS TO LOOK AFTER THESE PLANTS,+ SHE SAID.
JOINING MRS ELLIOTT AT THE FUNCTION WERE COUNCILLORS
MR HOWARD YOUNG, MR PETER C.K. CHAN, MISS CECILIA YEUNG
MR STEPHEN LAU, MR AUGUSTINE CHUNG, MR PO BING-WING, MRŠ NELLIE FONG AND MR SAMUEL WONG.
THEY PLANTED ONE TREE EACH AT THE TO KWA WAN TEMPORARY PLAYGROUND.
AN ADDITIONAL 40 TREES WERE PLANTED BY STUDENTS FROM THE OBLATE FATHERS PRIMARY SCHOOL.
WATER MAINS CONTRACT SIGNED ***
A CONTRACT WORTH MORE THAN $1.6 MILLION WAS AWARDED TODAY BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAYING OF ABOUT 1 800 NETRES OF FRESH AND SALT WATER MAINS ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN PUI TO ROAD AND TAI HING BRIDGE IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR LEE GUN-CHEUNG CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION) OF THE DEPARTMENT AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF KIN SHING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THE PROJECT FORMS PART OF A SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL TAKE ABOUT 14 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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