TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1983
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MASS TREE-PLANTING EFFORT PROPOSED
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A LARGE AREA OF HONG KONG WOULD BE SHADED BY TREES IF EACH PERSON HERE PLANTED ONE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MEI FA WORKING GROUP OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR WILLIAM WAN, SAID TODAY.
MR WAN WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE LAUNCHING OF THE SAI KUNG TREE PLANTING DAY AT PAK KONG SOCCER PITCH.
THE DISTRICT-WIDE EVENT, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD, WAS IMPORTANT IN GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO BEAUTIFY THEIR ENVIRONMENT BY PLANTING TREES.
TREE PLANTING WAS ONE OF THE MANY ACTIVITIES OF THE MEI FA PHASE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG EFFORT.
MR WAN URGED THE RESIDENTS TO TRY THEIR BEST TO ADD GREENERY TO THEIR LIVING SURROUNDINGS TO MAKE THEM MORE BEAUTIFUL.+
PAYING TRIBUTE TO A GROUP OF STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN TODAY'S TREE PLANTING EXERCISE, MR WAN SAID THEIR INVOLVEMENT DEMONSTRATED A DEEP CONCERN AND GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR SAI KUNG.
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF A GROUP OF COMMUNITY-SPIRITED STUDENTS FROM TWO LOCAL SCHOOLS, SOME 60 EVERGREEN TREES WERE PLANTED AT THE BOUNDARY OF THE BARREN SOCCER PITCH.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG,
MR MA TU-KI, MR WAN ALSO PLANTED A YOUNG TREE TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT.