SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1989
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POST CARDS TO PROMOTE HONG KONG FLORA
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NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT IN ITS LAND MASS OF ONLY 1,071 SQUARE KILOMETRES, HONG KONG IS POPULAR INTERNATIONALLY FOR IT'S RICH FLORA WHICH IS DIVERSE IN CHARACTER AND SURPRISINGLY NUMEROUS IN GENERA AND SPECIES.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OF THE 2,500 SPECIES OF VASCULAR PLANTS FOUND IN THE TERRITORY, ABOUT 1,800 HIGHER PLANTS ARE NATIVE TO HONG KONG.
IT CANNOT RARE AND
AMONG THEM, CAMELLIA GRANTHAMIANA IS SO UNIQUE THAT BE FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. MANY OTHERS ARE CONSIDERED VALUABLE AND QUITE A NUMBER OF THEM WERE FIRST DISCOVERED IN HONG KONG.
TO PROMOTE THIS NATURAL TREASURE OF HONG KONG, THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, HAS PRODUCED A SERIES OF FULL-COLOUR POST CARDS ENTITLED "FLORA FIRST DISCOVERED IN HONG KONG”.
THE SERIES FEATURES CAMELLIA GRANTHAMIANA AND NINE OTHER REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF THOSE FIRST-DISCOVERED IN HONG KONG WHICH ARE NOTEWORTHY FOR THEIR NAMES AND SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS.
THESE RARE PLANTS ARE CAMELLIA HONGKONGENSIS, RHODODENDRON HONGKONGENSE, MANGLIETIA FORDIANA, RHODOLEIA CHAMPIONI, TUTCHERIA SPECTABILIS, RHODODENDRON WESTLAND11, ILLICIUM DUNNIANUM, CAMELLIA CRAPNELLIANA AND MICHELIA MAUDIAE.
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THE POST CARDS, CONTAINED IN A NICELY-DESIGNED FOLDER, WILL PUT ON SALE FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) AT $12 PER SET AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AND AT THE VISITOR CENTRES OF THE SAI KUNG AND SHING MUN COUNTRY PARKS.
THE SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER OF THE AFD, MR M.K. CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE AIMS OF PRODUCING THESE POST CARDS WERE TO PROMOTE HONG KONG OVERSEAS AND TO INCULCATE A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS.
"BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH EDUCATIONAL VALUE, THE POST BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AS WELL AS AND NATURE CONSERVATIONISTS," HE SAID.
MR CHEUNG SAID THE SELECTED SPECIES FEATURED IN COULD BE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE GROUPS ACCORDING ΤΟ THE UNIQUENESS.
CARDS WILL ECOLOGISTS
THE SERIES DEGREE OF
CAMELLIA GRANTHAMIANA IS ON TOP OF THE LIST FOR ITS RARITY AS A SPECIES THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN HONG KONG.
THIS UNIQUE