SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1991
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'GARDEN CELEBRATION' STRESSES COMBINED PITCHING-IN EFFORTS
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TODAY (SUNDAY) VISITED A LIVING GREEN GARDEN WHICH WAS BUILT OVERNIGHT TO EXEMPLIFY THAT COMBINED PITCHING-IN EFFORTS COULD TURN HONG KONG INTO A CLEANER, BEAUTIFUL
PLACE.
CALLED "THE GARDEN CELEBRATION", THE ONE-DAY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EVENT AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT IN CENTRAL WAS ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE.
OMELCO MEMBER, MR ALLEN LEE PENG-FEI, SAID AT THE OPENING CEREMONY THAT HONG KONG IS A PLACE FULL OF MIRACLES, ORIGINAL IDEAS AND REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS.
"IF I WERE NOT TOLD BEFOREHAND, I COULD HARDLY IMAGINE THIS UNIQUE, LIVING GREEN GARDEN FEATURING DIFFERENT PLOTS OF LANDSCAPE WOULD SUDDENLY APPEAR HERE IN THE CORE OF CENTRAL AFTER JUST ONE NIGHT'S CONSTRUCTION," HE SAID.
THE PURPOSE, HE NOTED, WAS то DISSEMINATE THROUGH INNOVATIVE IDEA AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG: NEED A NEAT, TIDY AND ATTRACTIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE LIVE AT EASE AND DEVOTE OURSELVES TO WORK AND THE UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN.
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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, MR GILBERT LEUNG KAM-HO, SAID:
"WHAT WE WANT TO GET ACROSS TO EVERYBODY IS THAT IF WE ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE HONG KONG A CLEANER, PLACE OR EVEN TURN HONG KONG INTO A GARDEN, IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE EVEN WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.'
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OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS WERE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG; THE URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, DR RONALD LEUNG DING-BONG; VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, MISS CHRISTINA TING YUK-CHEE; THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR HAIDER BARMA; AND THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR ADOLF HSU.
AMONG THE GUESTS WERE LEGISLATORS, URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILLORS; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS; SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; CELEBRITIES AND THE CAMPAIGN MASCOTS, THE DRAGON OF CLEANLINESS FAMILY.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GARDEN INCLUDED THE CENTRE-PIECE, A VICTORIAN-STYLED FOUNTAIN; LANDSCAPE FEATURING CHINESE AND JAPANESE DESIGNS: DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BLOOMING LILIES, CARNATION AND CHRYSANTHEMUM; TROPICAL PLANTS; AND TWO ARCHWAYS ADORNED WITH FLOWERS.
THERE WAS ALSO A SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS' YEAR-ROUND KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN ACTIVITIES IN AN OPEN-AIR GALLERY.
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