SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1988
SIR DAVID STARTS WALK AND PLANT" PROMOTION
THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON THE COMMUNITY TO HELP CONSERVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO SHOW CONCERN FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE BY PARTICIPATING IN TREE PLANTING ACTIVITIES IN THE COMING WEEKS.
"IT IS OF GREAT SADNESS то ME THAT ALTHOUGH THE VALUE OF HAVING COUNTRY PARKS IS WELL ACCEPTED BY THE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE STILL DREADFULLY DAMAGED EACH YEAR BY HILL FIRES, MANY OF WHICH WERE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, SIR DAVID SAID.
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"HILL FIRES ARE EASY TO START BUT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PUT OUT. PREVENTION IS ALWAYS THE KEY.
"MAY I THEREFORE REMIND OUR COUNTRY PARK VISITORS TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP KEEP OUR COUNTRYSIDE SAFE AND TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT."
SIR DAVID WAS ADDRESSING 100 INVITED GUESTS AND 1,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM FAMILY GROUPS AND SCHOOLS ATTENDING A **WALK AND PLANT" ACTIVITY AT PAK TAM AU IN SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.
JOINING SIR DAVID IN OFFICIATING AT THE EVENT WERE LADY FORD; THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE; THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED, MR ROBERT CHAN.
ALSO OFFICIATING WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR WILLIAM WAN; AND THE MARKETING DIRECTOR OF SWIRE BOTTLERS LIMITED, MR STEVE MASON, WHOSE COMPANY IS THE SPONSOR OF THE EVENT.
THE EVENT WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY AROUND 20 HOSTELLERS FROM NEIGHBOURING ASIAN COUNTRIES NOW ATTENDING AN ASIAN DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR IN HONG KONG ON YOUTH HOSTELS.
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES ORGANISED THE EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED.
IT MARKED THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FIRST 13 FAMILY WALKS IN THE COUNTRY PARK SYSTEM AND THE LAUNCHING OF A PROMOTIONAL DRIVE ΤΟ ENCOURAGE WIDER PUBLIC USE OF THESE FACILITIES.
A FAMILY WALK IS A TRAIL LOCATED AT A SCENIC COUNTRY PARK AREA. IT PROVIDES NOT ONLY A WAY FOR A FAMILY TO TAKE EXERCISE IN BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS BUT ALSO GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN LOCAL PLANTS AND WILDLIFE.
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