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SUMBAY, SEPTAGER 15, 1985 PPTABIR
THE COUNCIL, THE REPORT ADDS
+STRIVES BOTH TO DEFEND AND PRESERVE EXISTING GREENERY AND TO CREATE NEW ISLANDS OF NATURAL VEGETATION, HOWEVER SMALL, IN ANY LOCATION WHERE PLANTING IS POSSIBLE - INCLUDING ROADSIDES AND THE UNDERSIDES OF FLYOVER COMPLEXES.+
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLANTING PROGRAMME IS ALSO UNDERSCORED IN A FOREWORD TO THE REPORT, BY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN HILTON CHEONG-LEEN. AFTER EMPHASISING THE COUNCIL'S +ON-GOING COMMITMENT TO THE 'GREENING' OF HONG KONG+ NOTES: +LONG YEARS OF EFFORT IN PLANTING AND LANDSCAPING ARE NOW BEARING VISIBLE FRUIT, ESPECIALLY ON AND AROUND OUR HIGHWAYS.+
+ INCOMPARABLE HONG KONG+, PRICED AT $15, IS ON SALE AT THE URBAN COUNCIL SALES OUTLETS AT THE CITY HALL, KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY AND IN ICE HOUSE STREET AS WELL AS AT LEADING BOOKSHOPS.
YOUTHS URGED TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY
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THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS BRENDA FUNG, TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
MRS FUNG WAS SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN AN ORIENTATION CAMP WHICH OPENED THE COMMUNITY IN PERSPECTIVE SCHEME, A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECT, IN FAIRVIEW PARK COUNTRY CLUB.
NOTING THAT CIVIC EDUCATION WAS EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY, MRS FUNG SAID THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE HAD A ROLE TO PLAY IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION.
+WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, SHE ADDED.
MRS FUNG ALSO URGED PARTICIPANTS TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT AS CITIZENS TO SIGN UP AS ELECTORS IN THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE SO THAT THEY COULD VOTE IN THE DISTRICT BOARD, URBAN COUNCIL, AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN THE FUTURE.
MRS FUNG WAS TOLD THAT A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN DRAWN UP IN THE COMING MONTHS FOR PARTICIPANTS WHICH INCLUDE LECTURES, VISITS, FORUMS AND SEMINARS.
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