COUNTRY PARKS ADOPTION SCHEME LAUNCHED
PARTICIPATION IN THE THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB'S (CYC) ACTIVE
AND SERVES AS A GOOD COUNTRY PARKS ADOPTION SCHEME IS COMMENDABLE
COMMUNITY INDICATION OF THEIR HIGH SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SPIRIT.
AND
AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR OF THE THESE REMARKS WERE MADE BY
MEMBERS FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, WHEN ADDRESSING MORE THAN 500 CYC
PARKS ADOPTION AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE 1990/91 CYC COUNTRY SCHEME AT THE TAI TONG MANAGEMENT CENTRE OF TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK
COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT
DR LEE SAID APART FROM CARING FOR THE AND KEEPING THE COUNTRY PARKS BETTER PLACES FOR VISITORS TO ENJOY, THE CYC MEMBERS WOULD ALSO SET GOOD EXAMPLES TO OTHER ON HOW THE PUBLIC COULD HELP TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY GREENER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
USE AND VISITORS
PARKS CLEANER AND
FISHERIES
AIMS ΤΟ PROMOTE AND TO PROVIDE THROUGH COMMUNITY THE
THE SCHEME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND DEPARTMENT (AFD) AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (ED), AWARENESS OF COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION AMONG STUDENTS
OF SERVING STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES VOLUNTARY WORK IN COUNTRY PARKS.
WHEN THE SCHEME WAS FIRST INTRODUCED EARLY LAST SCHOOLS JOINED AND ADOPTED FIVE COUNTRY PARKS.
YEAR, ONLY
10
YEARS, IT
IN
"OWING TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHEME IN THE PAST TWO HAS NOW BEEN EXPANDED AND ATTRACTED 49 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS CURRENT YEAR AND THEIR STUDENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO LOOK AFTER THE COUNTRY PARKS OF ABERDEEN, TAI TAM, SAI KUNG EAST, SAI KUNG WEST, SHAN, SHING MUN, PLOVER COVE, PAT SIN LENG, TAI MO SHAN AND TAI DR LEE SAID.
FACILITIES
STUDENTS WILL TAKE PART IN VOLUNTARY SERVICES COLLECTION, GRASS CUTTING, TREE TENDING, TREE PLANTING IN THE PARKS.
THE
10
KAM
LAM,
"
SUCH AS LITTER AND MAINTENANCE
THEY WILL ALSO HOLIDAYS, URGING THE PUBLIC PREVENT HILL FIRE.
PATROL ΤΟ
THE
RECREATIONAL POPULAR KEEP THE COUNTRY
SITES ON
PARKS CLEAN AND
BACH
PARTICIPATING
SIX SENIOR STUDENTS FROM APPOINTED AS JUNIOR PARK WARDENS AFTER UNDERGOING
WILL AND CONSERVATION PRACTICAL COUNTRYSIDE STUDENTS IN VOLUNTARY COUNTRY PARK WORK.
DR
LEE SAID THE
PARTICIPATING
SCHOOL WILL BE BASIC TRAINING ON LEAD THEIR FELLOW
WOULD STUDENTS
SOON HELP
CONDUCTING A COUNTRY PARKS VISITOR OPINION SURVEY.
"PARTICIPATION OF THE
THE UNDERSTAND ΤΟ
INTEREST AND VARIETY TO THEIR
CYC
IN
WILL ADD MEMBERS
THE SURVEY
PROVIDE A GOOD WORK AND WILL
PARK VIEWS
NEEDS OF COUNTRY AND
HE ADDED.
OPPORTUNITY VISITORS AND WILL HELP US IN PLANNING FOR EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO MEET THE DEMAND OF OUR COMMUNITY,
/DR LEE