SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1983
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PRINCIPALS URGED TO SPREAD CLEAN HK MESSAGE
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SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WERE URGED TO SPREAD THE CLEAN HONG KONG AND ME FA (BEAUTIFICATION) MESSAGE TO THEIR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO HELP MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND GREEN,
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE ASSISTANT STAFF OFFICER (GARDEN) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR HO MAN-CHEUNG, AT A SEMINAR HELD AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TODAY.
MR HO WAS SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF 400 SCHOOL HEADMASTERS ATTENDING THE SEMINAR ON +VICARIOUS LIABILITY AND MEI FA PLANTING+.
AN INTER-SCHOOL POTTED PLANT COMPETITION WILL BE HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES LATER THIS YEAR TO ENCOURAGE MORE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN.
THE CONTEST WOULD BE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND NTSD, MR HO SAID.
MR HO REPORTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN GOOD PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE FREE HORTICULTURE COURSES OFFERED BY NTSD IN SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN.
WITH THIS SUCCESS, THE DEPARTMENT WILL RUN MORE HORTICULTURE COURSES IN MORE DISTRICTS LATER THIS YEAR.
ON THE MEI FA SCHEME, MR HO SAID THAT MORE THAN THREE MILLION PLANTS HAD BEEN PLANTED IN NEW TOWNS ALONG HIGHWAYS AND AT RECREATION SPOTS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, PARKS, BEACHES AND PLAYGROUNDS DURING THE LAST PLANTING SEASON.
ANOTHER TWO MILLION PLANTS, INCLUDING TREES
INCLUDING TREES, FLOWERING SHRUBS, CREEPERS, GROUND COVERS, CLIMBERS, BAMBOOS AND SEASONAL FLOWERS, WILL BE PLANTED DURING THIS CURRENT SEASON.
AMONG OTHER ME! FA PROJECTS, NTSD WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, HAS LAUNCHED A SERIES OF 13 EDUCATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMMES ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND HOME IMPROVEMENT.
MEANWHILE, ENFORCEMENT ACTION HAD BEEN STRENGTHENED AGAINST LITTERING OFFENDERS, MR HO SAID.
HE URGED SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO ENCOURAGE THEIR STUDENTS TO REPORT LITTERING OFFENCES TO THE NEW TERRITORIES LITTER COMPLAINT HOT-LINE (0-445555), OR TO THE URBAN AREA HOT-LINE (5-95555).
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