SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1991
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HE SAID THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE EDUCATION CENTRE INCLUDED AN ARBORETUM OF LOCAL TREES WHICH COMPRISED OF SPECIMENS FIRST SCIENTIFICALLY RECORDED IN HONG KONG, A WIDE VARIETY OF FRUIT TREES IN THE ORCHARD, A CHINESE HERBAL GARDEN, OVER 40 TYPES OF VEGETABLE AND FIELD CROPS UNDER CULTIVATION, PLUS A PRODUCE STALL AT WHICH TO BUY THE RESULTS, AND A PICNIC AREA AND PLAYGROUND, IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS
IN A REALLY GOOD DAY OUT.
THERE WERE FINISHING TOUCHES STILL TO BE ADDED WHICH INCLUDED A CAFETERIA, AN INSECTARIUM AND MORE LANDSCAPING, HE ADDED.
NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE NEEDS COMMUNITY SUPPORT
THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303 HONG KONG AND MACAU HAS BEEN HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASM IN BRINGING ABOUT THE FIRST EVER NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE TO DISPLAY THE RICHNES9 OF HONG KONG'S RURAL HERITAGE.
THE LIONS NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE IN TSIU HANG, SAI KUNG CENTRE WAS OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AT A CEREMONY TODAY
(SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, SAID THE LIONS CLUBS' SPONSORSHIP OF THIS MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT BORE OUT THEIR COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO NATURE EDUCATION BUT ALSO TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
"I AM MOST IMPRESSED BY THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND SPEED WITH WHICH FUNDS WERE RAISED AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXHIBITION HALLS WAS COMPLETED," HE SAID.
DR LEE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO EVERYONE WHO HAVE ASSISTED IN THIS PROJECT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
"WITHOUT THEIR EXPERTISE, DEVOTION AND HARD WORK, OUR DREAM OF SETTING UP A NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE TO DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THE YOUNGER GENERATION, THE RICHNESS OF HONG KONG'S RURAL HERITAGE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN REALISED AT SUCH AN EARLY STAGE, HE SAID.
TODAY MARKED THE
OF PHASE
II.
HE SAID THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION HALLS COMPLETION OF PHASE I OF THE PROJECT AND THE BEGINNING WHICH COMPRISED AN INSECTARIUM AMONG OTHER THINGS.
TO
"I AM GLAD THAT THE LIONS CLUBS HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO CONTINUE SPONSOR PHASE LI BUT PROGRESS OF THE PLAN WILL ALSO DEPEND ON COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO THE LIONS NATURE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
*I HOPE THOSE WHO HAVE VISITED PHASE I WOULD FIND THE PROJECT MEANINGFUL AND WOULD GIVE THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO THIS MEANINGFUL CAUSE, HE SAID.
/ALSO PRESENT