FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1988
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'PLANT FOR CHARITY' ACTIVITY TO END PLANTING SCHEME
PLANTING SCHEME THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY TREE CLOSE ON SUNDAY (APRIL 24) WITH A MAJOR "PLANT FOR TO BE HELD IN THE PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK.
WILL DRAW TO A CHARITY" ACTIVITY
DEPARTMENT,
HOSPITALS,
THE
ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE TUNG WAH GROUP EVENT AIMS AT RAISING MONEY FOR THE GROUP'S DEVELOPMENT FUND REQUIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS FIRST SHELTERED WORKSHOP, MORE HOMES THE ELDERLY AND MORE SCHOOLS.
FOR
DIRECTOR FISHERIES
OFFICIATING AT THE EVENT WILL BE CHAIRMAN OF THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY, MR ALLEN LEE. HE WILL BE JOINED BY THE ASSISTANT
OF
AND THE AGRICULTURE (COUNTRY PARKS AND CONSERVATION)
OF DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT, MR K.C. IU; THE ASSISTANT
MR BROADCASTING, GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MR SIMON LUN; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUNG WAH PAUL YU.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A GROUP OF 150 YAN-LUNG, PROFESSOR CELEBRITIES, COMPRISING OMELCO MEMBERS MR CHEUNG C.K. POON, MR ANDREW WONG, MRS PAULINE NG, MR YEUNG PO-KWAN,
CHAN YING-LUN AS WELL AS HIN-KWONG, MR HO SAI-CHU AND MR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, TV ARTISTES, SINGERS AND DISC JOCKEYS.
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THEY WILL LEAD SOME 400 BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL GUIDES IN SEEDLINGS TO RESTOCK TREES RECENTLY DAMAGED BY FIRES.
PLANTING
THE SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS OFFICER OF THE
MR FISHERIES DEPARTMENT,
C.C. LAY, SAID TODAY DEPARTMENT WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WHICH WAS INDICATIVE OF THE DEGREE PLANTING SCHEME, THE 31ST SINCE 1957.
AGRICULTURE
OF
THAT (FRIDAY) GOOD RESPONSE ΤΟ THE PUBLIC
ΤΟ SUPPORT
AND THE EVENT THE TREE
FROM 50 SCHOOLS PLANT TREES IN
UP TO LAST SUNDAY, MORE THAN 13,600 PEOPLE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROJECT TO PLANT 16,300 TREES. ANOTHER 2,500 AND PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS ARE AWAITING THEIR TURNS TO GROUPS.
YEAR'S TREE
MR LAY REMINDED INTERESTED RESIDENTS THAT THIS SUNDAY (APRIL
ΤΟ TAKE PART IN THIS 24) WOULD BE THEIR LAST CHANCE PLANTING SCHEME.
"THEY SHOULD GO TO THE EIGHT DESIGNATED PLANTING SITES AT ΤΑΙ MO SHAN, TAI TONG, BRIDE'S POOL, CLEAR WATER BAY, PAK TAM CHUNG, QUARRY BAY, POK FU LAM AND MUI WO, HE SAID.
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"AFD STAFF WILL BE ON DUTY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4 PM ΤΟ PROVIDE TREE SEEDLINGS, TOOLS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE."
TREE PLANTING
WITH THE PREVAILING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ACTIVITIES TO CONSERVE THE COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT, MR LAY HOPED TO SEE A NEW RECORD FOR THIS YEAR'S SCHEME WHEN IT ENDS ON SUNDAY.
/LAST YEAR'S