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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1985
*WHAT COUNTS MOST IS THE EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 'GREENING UP' HONG KONG.
+ THE URBAN COUNCIL SHOULD LAUNCH MORE CAMPAIGNS TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A GREEN ENVIRONMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNCIL SHOULD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH VARIOUS DISTRICT BOARDS, ORGANISE MORE DISTRICT SEMINARS ON LANDSCAPING AND PLANTING, SAID MR LAM.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHIEF MANAGER (LEISURE SERVICES), KOWLOON EAST, OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. MR JOHNNY WOO, SAID SOME 789 000 TREES, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS WERE PLANTED THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREAS LAST YEAR. IN KWUN TONG ALONE, 1 207 TREES, 7 998 SHRUBS AND 17 650 FLOWERS WERE PLANTED.
AMONG THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN TODAY'S PLANTING CEREMONY WERE THREE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MISS YEUNG KAM-CHUN, MRS ALISON LEE AND MR LEE WAH-MING, AS WELL AS 20 STUDENTS OF DELIA MEMORIAL SCHOOL, WHO TOGETHER PLANTED 10 TERMINALIA CATAPPA TREES.
THE PLANTING PROGRAMME WHICH WAS LAUNCHED LAST MONDAY, WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT VARIOUS URBAN COUNCIL PUBLIC FACILITIES.
CARNIVAL BOOST FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
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A CARNIVAL WILL BE STAGED AT VICTORIA PARK ON SUNDAY (MAY 12) AFTERNOON TO PROMOTE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AND THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.
THE EASTERN DISTRICT CARNIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.
THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE A TWO-HOUR SHOW BY RTHK SINGERS AND DISC JOCKEYS.
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THERE WILL ALSO BE CYCLING DEMONSTRATIONS, EXHIBITIONS ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, GAMES STALLS, INCLUDING PALM READING, AS WELL AS MAKE-UP AND BEAUTY DEMONSTRATIONS.
A SEVEN-METRE TALL INFLATED KING KONG WILL BE INSTALLED.
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