ISSUE NUMBER
Y187
Y188
Y189
Y190
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1991
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND
364-DAY EXCHANGE FUND BILLS
MATURING ON
OUTSTANDING
$ MILLION
26.2.92
260
+0
25.3.92
180
+80
22.4.92
200
+60
20.5.92
240
+20
AVERAGE DAILY TRANSFER FOR WEEK ENDING 24.5.91 WAS 3,588 MN
NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE SET TO OPEN ON JUNE
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HKEK
FAMILIES
NATURE LOVERS, PLANT ENTHUSIASTS, STUDENTS AND WISHING TO SPEND A DAY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WILL FIND A NEW HAVEN IN THE LIONS NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE SET TO OPEN ON JUNE 8.
HANG, SAI DEPARTMENT
THE CENTRE, SITUATED ON A 16.5-HECTARE SITE IN TSIU KUNG IS THE BRAINCHILD OF THE AGRICULTURE
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AND FISHERIES (AFD) AND IS SPONSORED BY THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL, DISTRICT 303, HONG KONG AND MACAU,
A FOUNDATION WAS SET UP BY THE LIONS CLUBS LAST YEAR FOR THE CENTRE AND SO FAR $11 MILLION HAS BEEN RAISED.
PHASE I OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEXT SATURDAY, COSTS $8 MILLION.
PHASE I FEATURES EXHIBITION HALLS ON HONG KONG'S AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND COUNTRYSIDE RESOURCES AS WELL AS AN ARBORETUM, ORCHARDS, FIELD CROPS, A CHINESE HERBAL GARDEN, AND A ROCK AND MINERAL CORNER.
"WORK TO DECORATE THE EXHIBITION HALLS IS GOING AHEAD IN FULL STEAM AND WE ARE ADDING THE FINAL TOUCH TO THE OUTDOOR DISPLAYS SUCH AS PUTTING UP SIGNBOARDS AND FRUIT TREE LABELS," THE CO-ORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT, AFD'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS), MR FRANK LAU, SAID.
HE BELIEVED THAT STATIC DISPLAYS AND LIVE SPECIMENS IN THE CENTRE WOULD HELP VISITORS UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE LOCAL WILDLIFE, VEGETATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, RURAL HERITAGE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.
"IT IS HOPED THAT VISITORS WILL THEN BE PROMPTED ΤΟ SHOW MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION," HE ADDED.
A
/MR LAU
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