THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1991
'GARDEN CELEBRATION' TO PROMOTE CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
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VISITORS TO CENTRAL WILL HAVE A NICE SURPRISE ON SUNDAY
24) (NOVEMBER
MORNING WHEN THEY SEE PART OF THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT TRANSFORMED OVERNIGHT INTO A GARDEN, THANKS TO FIGHT HOURS OF HARD WORK OF SOME 200 PEOPLE.
THE GARDEN, COMPRISING DIFFERENT PLOTS OF ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPE, WILL BE THE PLATFORM FOR THE HIGHLIGHT FUNCTION OF THE 1991/92 KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN.
THE EVENT, "THE GARDEN CELEBRATION", IS ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE THE MESSAGE "TAKE THE
KONG
CLEAN".
LEAD
TO KEEP
HONG
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, MR GILBERT LEUNG KAM-HO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY): "GREENERY AND FLOWERS WILL BE ASSEMBLED DURING SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THE JOB IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE AT 8 AM ON SUNDAY.
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'THE WHOLE CONCRETE AREA WILL BE OVERLAID WITH ARTIFICIAL GRASS. SOME OF THE DECORATIONS SUCH AS THE VICTORIAN-STYLE FOUNTAIN, ROMAN COLUMNS, ARCHWAYS AND A MINI-GREEN HOUSE WILL FABRICATED," HE SAID.
BE PRE-
AND CHRYSANTHEMUM WILL FLOWERS INCLUDING LILY, CARNATION SPECIALLY FLOWN IN, WHILE PLANTS WILL BE SUPPLIED BY LOCAL GARDENS LOAN.
BE
ON
GARDEN,
CARNATION PLANTS
A
A FEATURES OF THE GREEN PARK WILL INCLUDE
CHINESE
A GARDEN, JAPANESE GARDEN, A LILY GARDEN, A CHRYSANTHEMUM GARDEN, A TROPICAL PLANTS GARDEN, A TOPIARY GARDEN, A CLIMBING AND FERNS GARDEN, AND A MINI-GREEN HOUSE.
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT
OF
"THE GARDEN CELEBRATION" WILL BE AN GALLERY DISPLAYING OPEN-AIR EXHIBITION
THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS.
THE PROJECT WILL COST $1 MILLION, CONTRIBUTED BY COMMERCIAL SPONSORS.
OF
WHICH 70 PER CENT IS
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"THOUGH THE CITY GARDEN IS IN PLACE FOR JUST A PROJECT COST WILL BE WELL-SPENT IF IT DETERMINATION TO MAKE HONG KONG A CLEANER RAISE THEIR CHILDREN, MR LEUNG SAID.
DAY, COULD STRENGTHEN RESIDENTS'
PLACE TO
WORK
LIVE,
THE
AND
"WE WILL TRY TO REDUCE WASTE AND RE-USE THE MATERIALS. PLANTS ON LOAN WILL BE RETURNED TO LOCAL GARDENS, HE ADDED.
H
THE GARDEN WILL BE
ALLEN LEE, AT 11 AM.
OFFICIALLY
OPENED BY OMELCO
MR MEMBER,
/MEMBERS OF
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