FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1989
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LAST CHANCE FOR RESIDENTS TO PLANT TREES
THE 1989 COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL DRAW TO A CLOSE ON SUNDAY
(APRIL 301.
OF
INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARF REMINDED TODAY (FRIDAY) TO MAKE USE OF THIS LAST CHANCE TO SHARE THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PLANTING TREES.
ON THE LAST TREE PLANTING DAY ON SUNDAY, TREE SEEDLINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FOR PLANTING BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN EIGHT DESIGNATED COUNTRY PARK PLANTING SITES AT TAI MO SHAN, -TAI MEI TUK, MUI WO, POR FU LAM, QUARRY BAY, PAK TAM CHUNG, CLEAR WATER BAY AND TAI TONG.
PARK WARDENS WILL BE ON DUTY FROM 9 TOOLS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
AM ΤΟ
4 PM TO PROVIDE
SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THIS YEAR'S SCHEME LATE THAN 16,210 PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HAVE SUPPORT AND PLANTED A TOTAL OF 21,340 TREES.
LAST MONTH, MORE VOLUNTEERED THEIR
AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS, 11,070 CAME FROM 162 SCHOOL COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND THE REMAINDER WERE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WHILE ANOTHER 40 GROUPS OF 3,200 PEOPLE ARE STILL AWAITING THEIR TURNS TO PLANT TREES ON WEEKDAYS, REQUESTS ARE STILL POURING IN.
THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER, MR M.K. CHEUNG, SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE VERY GOOD RESPONSE WHICH WAS INDICATIVE OF THE INCREASING PUBLIC SUPPORT IN CONSERVING THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL EVENT, SINCE 1957, то AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.
MR CHEUNG SAID TREE PLANTING WAS ESSENTIAL IN STOPPING SOIL EROSION IN BEAUTIFYING OUR COUNTRYSIDE AND IN REPLENISHING THE
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STOCK OF TREES DAMAGED BY HILL FIRES.
"IT HAS THEREFORE BEEN OUR POLICY TO INVOLVE THE PUBLIC IN PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES IN OUR COUNTRY PARKS TO MAKE THEM REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN AND GREEN,
" HE SAID.
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