SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1984
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT GROWS HALF MILLION PLANTS
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT PLANTED SOME 500 000 PLANTS LAST YEAR AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE NEW TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS.
THE PLANTS INCLUDED TREES, SHRUBS, CREEPERS AND FLOWERS, MOST OF WHICH HAD GROWN WELL, AN NTSD SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN ADDITION, VARIOUS LANDSCAPING PROJECTS DEVELOPED BY THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE NTSD FOR MAINTENANCE.
TO MAINTAIN THESE PROJECTS, THE NTSD HAS SPECIALISTS IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN, PLANT NURSERY MANAGEMENT, HORTICULTURE AND OTHER RELATED FIELDS.
MEANWHILE, TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS ON LANDSCAPE WORKS WILL BE HELD THIS MONTH.
THE FIRST EXHIBITION WILL BE STAGED AT THE SILVER BALLROOM OF THE SHERATON HOTEL IN TSIM SHA TSUI FROM TUESDAY (MARCH 6) TO SATURDAY (MARCH 10). THE EVENT, WITH THE NTSD AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AS PARTICIPANTS, COINCIDES WITH THE 3RD EASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
THE SECOND EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD FROM SATURDAY (MARCH 10) TO TUESDAY (MARCH 13) BY THE NTSD AT THE FANLING RECREATION GROUND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORTH DISTRICT FLOWER SHOW.
ARTS FESTIVAL WELL RECEIVED ***
A RECORD HIGH OF MORE THAN 100 000 RESIDENTS ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S SHAM SHUI PO ARTS FESTIVAL FEATURING OVER 50 CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SYLVESTER TSE, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE FESTIVAL'S CLOSING CEREMONY, MR TSE SAID THE THREE-WEEK PROGRAMME INCLUDED POPULAR AND CLASSICAL MUSIC, FOLK SONGS, CHOIR SINGING, CANTONESE OPERAS, FILMS, MODERN DANCES, CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTINGS, PUPPET THEATRES, PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS, CHESS COMPETITIONS AND VARIETY SHOWS.
+THIS HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES
TO CHOOSE THE EVENTS SUITED TO THE IR TASTES.
+FURTHERMORE, ALL THE PERFORMANCES HAD BEEN WELL PLANNED, AND MANY OF THEM WERE FIRST-CLASS PRODUCTIONS BY RENOWNED PERFORMING GROUPS, HE SAID.
THE FESTIVAL