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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1990
THE SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED ON MARCH 4 AND WILL CLOSE ON APRIL 30.
ON ALL SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH,
OF TREE SEEDLINGS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FREE FOR PLANTING BY MEMBERS
TAI MEI TUK, PAK TAM THE PUBLIC IN COUNTRY PARKS AT TAI MO SHAN, CHUNG, QUARRY BAY, MUI WO AND CLEAR WATER BAY.
AFD STAFF WILL BE ON DUTY AT THE SITES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLANTING.
TO PROVIDE TOOLS
AND
MEANWHILE, TREE PLANTING BY SCHOOLS AND BE ARRANGED FOR WEEKDAYS AND SATURDAYS DURING THE PERIOD.
INTERESTED
ORGANISED GROUPS CAN
CONTACT AFD'S
AND ORGANISATIONS
SCHOOLS CAN CONSERVATION EDUCATION UNIT ON 733 2121 FOR REGISTRATION.
FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GOOD RESPONSE HAS BEEN RECEIVED
PEOPLE FROM SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THIS YEAR'S SCHEME. MORE THAN 10,000
A TOTAL ALL WALKS OF LIVE HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR SUPPORT AND PLANTED OF SOME 13,700 TREES.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR ANOTHER 7,000 PEOPLE TO PLANT TREES IN THE COMING WERKS.
110 GROUPS OF ABOUT
MR M.K. CHEUNG,
INDICATIVE OF
THE DEPARTMENT'S SENOR CONSERVATION OFFICER, SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE GOOD RESPONSE WHICH WAS THE INCREASING PUBLIC SUPPORT IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
STOCK
ESSENTIAL IN STOPPING SOIL MR CHEUNG SAID TREE PLANTING WAS EROSION, IN BEAUTIFYING OUR COUNTRYSIDE AND IN REPLENISHING THE OF TREES DAMAGED BY HILL FIRES.
"IT HAS LONG
BEEN
OUR
PRACTICE
IN OUR COUNTRY PARKS TO PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN AND SAID.
то
INVOLVE
THE
PUBLIC IN MAKE THEM " HE GREEN,
AN
THE
ANNUAL EVENT,
OF IMPORTANCE
THE COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME HAS BEEN 1957, ΤΟ
SINCE
AROUSE COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.
PUBLIC
AWARENESS
OF
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