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MONDAY, JULY 8, 1985
BAM BOO
THE GRASS OF MANY USES
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A MOST REMARKABLE GIFT OF NATURE IS THE BAMBOO, THE MOST VERSATILE GRASS IMAGINABLE, IT CAN BE USED AS A MEDICINE, TO MAKE ROPES, FOR FISHING RODS, TO MAKE SKIS OR POLE-VAULTS, OR OF COURSE IT CAN BE EATEN. LITERALLY THERE ARE A THOUSAND AND ONE DIFFERENT USES TO WHICH MANKIND PUTS THIS REMARKABLE GRASS.
THE BOOKLET +HONG KONG BAMBOOS+ IS THE LATEST PRODUCTION IN THE URBAN COUNCIL'S VALUABLE SERIES OF BOOKLETS ON THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF HONG KONG.
IT WAS WRITTEN BY DR PAUL PUI-HAY BUT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, MESSRS CHIA LIANG-CHI AND FUNG HOK-LAM OF THE SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY. ACADEMIA SINICA AND MR SHIU-YING HU OF THE ARNOLD ARBORÉTUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
FEW OF US PROBABLY EVER GIVE MORE THAN A GLANCE TO A CLUMP OF BAMBOO, YET THE AUTHORS HAVE PRODUCED A FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF THE MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF BAMBOO TO BE FOUND IN HONG KONG, AND, MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE LAYMAN PROBABLY, THE EXTRAORDINARILY WIDE RANGE OF USES TO WHICH THEY ARE PUT IN HONG KONG,
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PRICED AT $18, THE RICHLY ILLUSTRATED, FULL-COLOUR 90-PAGE BOOKLET IS AVAILABLE FROM THE URBAN COUNCIL PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, 1/F, CLUB LUSITANO BUILDING, 16 ICE HOUSE STREET, DURING OFFICE HOURS AND FROM THE URBAN COUNCIL BOOKSHOP, CITY HALL LOW BLOCK, BETWEEN NOON AND 8 P.M. DAILY EXCEPT ON MONDAYS.
TRACK CYCLING SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED *****
WITH THE LAUNCHING OF A TERRITORY-WIDE TRACK CYCLING DEVELOPMENT SCHEME, YOUNG PEOPLE WILL SOON BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE SPORT.
THE SCHEME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE DIVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH AND THE HONG KONG CYCLING ASSOCIATION, WILL BE HELD AT THE VELODROME OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE IN SHA TIN FROM MID-JULY UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.
A RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR LI CHUN-MAN, SAID THAT THE SCHEME WAS TO PROMOTE THE SPORT AND PREPARE PARTICIPANTS FOR FUTURE COMPETITIONS.
THE PROGRAMME