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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1983
AFTER UNVEILING THE PLAQUE, PRINCE PHILIP TOURED THE CAMP THEY AND SAID THAT HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH ITS FACILITIES. INCLUDE DORMITORIES, CONFERENCE ROOMS, A KITCHEN AND OPEN SPACE FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
HE ALSO SAW A MODEL SHOWING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE CAMP.
OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS ALONE, MORE THAN 5 500 PEOPLE HAVE USED THE CAMP WITH ITS EASY ACCESS TO VARIOUS POPULAR EXPEDITION SPOTS.
THE CAMP IS OPEN NOT ONLY TO SCHEME PARTICIPANTS, BUT ALSO TO OTHER SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WELFARE ORGANISATIONS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS,
THE AWARD SCHEME CHALLENGES PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 25 THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH TO SERVE OTHERS, ACQUIRE NEW SKILLS, EXPERIENCE ADVENTURES AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS.
THE DUKE WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE KEEN PARTICIPANTS IN THE SCHEME.
DUKE INAUGURATES CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROJECT
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, UNVEILED A PLAQUE AT THE ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON TO INAUGURATE A CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROJECT.
UNDER THIS PROJECT, ALL ENDANGERED SPECIES OF MAMMALS AND BIRDS HELD AT THE GARDENS WILL BE IDENTIFIED FROM TODAY WITH A PANDA SYMBOL OF WORLD WILDLIFE FUND.
THE DUKE'S VISIT ALSO COINCIDED WITH THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WHICH MANAGES THE GARDENS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS RECEIVED ON ARRIVAL BY THE PRESIDENT OF WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HONG KONG, SIR KENNETH FUNG. HE ALSO MET THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN AND THE HONORARY ZOOLOGICAL CURATOR, DR KENNETH SEARLE.
IN A SPEECH WELCOMING HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. MR CHEONG-LEEN POINTED OUT THAT IN RECENT YEARS, HONG KONG'S ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION HAD EXPANDED APPRECIABLY.
THE NUMBER OF VISITS MADE BY THE PUBLIC TO THE GARDENS NOW EXCEEDED THREE MILLION A YEAR, MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID.
IN HIS SPEECH, DR SEARLE SAID THAT THE GARDENS HAD CONTRIBUTED
TO THE PROPAGATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IN CAPTIVITY.
+TO THE MAN IN THE STREET, AN 'ENDANGERED SPECIES' IS SOMETHING OF A MYTHICAL CREATURE AND EDUCATION IS ANOTHER PRIME RESPONSIBILITY OF ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS.
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