FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1985
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THREE MORE BOARDS ELECT CHAIRMEN
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THREE MORE DISTRICT BOARDS ELECTED THEIR CHAIRMEN TODAY.
THE CHAIRMEN ARE MR WILLIAM WAN HON-CHEUNG OF SAI KUNG, MR LAU WONG-FAT OF TUEN MUN AND MR STEPHEN CHENG PO-HONG OF SHAM SHUI PO.
ALSO ELECTED AT THE TWO NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARDS ARE MR WAN YUET-KAU AND MR HO SUN-KUEN AS THE RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE OF SAI KUNG AND TUEN MUN TO THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL.
MORE PLANTS IN THE PIPELINE TO MAKE HK GREEN
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THE URBAN COUNCIL AIMS TO PLANT SOME 890 000 TREES. SHRUBS AND FLOWERS THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREA THIS YEAR AS PART OF ITS CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO KEEP HONG KONG GREEN,
THIS WAS STATED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WHEN ADDRESSING GUESTS AT THE COUNCIL'S 18TH FLOWER SHOW WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY MRS LAWRENCE FUNG AT THE CITY HALL LOW BLOCK TODAY.
MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID THAT OVER THE YEARS, THE COUNCIL HAS EXERTED EVERY EFFORT TO BEAUTIFY HONG KONG AS COULD BE SEEN SIMPLY BY TAKING A STROLL THROUGH ANY OF THE COUNCIL'S PARKS, GARDENS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
+THE FLOWER SHOW IS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT AS IT NOT ONLY MARKS A FURTHER STEP IN THE COUNCIL'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO TURN HONG KONG INTO A GREENER CITY, IT ALSO ENHANCES OUR APPRECIATION AND LOVE OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND RAISES PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO BEAUTIFY OUR ENVIRONMENT,+ HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL PLANTED OVER 789 000 SHRUBS, TREES AND FLOWERS IN THE URBAN AREA.
+ THINK THE FIGURE IS WORTH EMPHASISING SINCE IT MEANS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION PLANTINGS, FURTHERMORE, IT REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF ALMO T GLTP VPR CENT OVER THAT OF 1978, HE ADDED.
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