SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1987
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NATURE CONTEST RESULTS ANNOUNCED
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THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD +CLEAN AND GREEN+ SCHEME ENDED TODAY (SUNDAY) WITH A SERIES OF EXCITING OUTDOOR GAMES HELD AT THE PICNIC SITE OF YUEN NG FAN INSIDE THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.
ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE SCHEME DREW A RECORD 7 484 PARTICIPANTS IN ACTIVITIES DURING THE FIRST STAGE AND HELPED COLLECT OVER THREE TONNES OF LITTER IN VARIOUS COUNTRY PARKS.
OF THE PARTICIPANTS, 452 SEMI-FINALISTS WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SECOND STAGE COMPETITIONS TOOK PART IN GAMES SUCH AS... LANTERN RIDDLES, CONSERVATION KNOWLEDGE QUIZ, COUNTRYSIDE FIRE FIGHTING AND BALANCE BEAM WALK ING.
THE SECOND STAGE COMPETITION INCLUDED A PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION, A CLOTH BADGE DESIGN COMPETITION, A SLOGAN COMPETITION AND A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE CONTEST,
VALUABLE PRIZES WERE AWARDED TO THE TOP TEN ENTRIES IN EACH OF THE FOUR COMPETITIONS SELECTED BY THE CLEAN AND GREEN WORKING GROUP CHAIRED BY MR WILLIAM WAN. PRIZES WERE DONATED BY THE MOUNTAINEER AND TRAVEL SERVICES COMPANY, THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF HIKERS AND THE SWIRE BOTTLERS LIMITED.
MR AU CHI-SING, WINNER OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION IN THE SECOND STAGE OF THE SCHEME, WON A TAIWAN TOUR COUPON VALUED AT $2 350 WHILE MI89 WANG LAI-FUN, WINNER OF THE CROSS-WORD PUZZLE CONTEST, MR NGAI CHI-HUNG, WINNER OF THE SLOGAN COMPETITION, MR CHOI YAT-CHEONG, WINNER OF THE CLOTH BADGE DESIGN CONTEST, WERE
AND EACH AWARDED $800.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR WAN THANKED ALL PARTICIPANTS AND SPONSORS OF THIS YEAR'S SCHEME.
+THEIR OVERWHELMING RESPONSE HAS INDICATED A GROWING PUBLIC INTEREST IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN KEEPING THE COUNTRY PARKS CLEAN AND GREEN,+ HE SAID.
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