SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1991
ENTRY FORMS WITH RULES FOR THE COMPETITION ARE AVAILABLE FROM AFD, COUNTRY PARKS VISITOR CENTRES AND TIMBERLAND SHOPS AS FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 9).
ADJUDICATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY A PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISING HIKERS, COUNTRY PARKS BOARD MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ORGANISERS. TEN ATTRACTIVE PRIZES ARE OFFERED IN THIS COMPETITION.
THE FINALE OF THE SCHEME IS A "CLEAN AND GREEN COUNTRYSIDE FUN DAY" TO BE HELD IN APRIL NEXT YEAR IN A SCENIC COUNTRY PARK.
WINNERS AND OUTSTANDING PARTICIPANTS OF THE TWO COMPETITIONS WILL BE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE FUN DAY TO ENJOY THE CLEAN AND GREEN COUNTRYSIDE AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.
TIMBERLAND
MR LAU THANKED THE SPONSOR OF THIS YEAR'S SCHEME AND ITS SOLE AGENT, WILTONA ENTERPRISES FOR THEIR GENEROSITY CIVIC-MINDEDNESS IN SUPPORTING THE PROGRAMME.
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ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR GEORGE TAN, AND MRS CECILIA LI OF WILTONA ENTERPRISES.
MR TAN SAID: "LITTERING IN OUR SCENIC COUNTRY PARKS 19 A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH, IF NOT SOLVED, CAN DEGRADE THE QUALITY OF SCENERY OF OUR COUNTRY PARKS AND REDUCE OUR ENJOYMENT IN THE BEAUTIFUL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
"THIS BIG PROBLEM CANNOT BE SOLVED WITHOUT PUBLIC'S SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT. IT IS SIMPLE JUST PUT THE LITTER IN THE LITTER BINS.
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ON EFFORTS TO MAKE THE COUNTRY PARKS GREENER, MR TAN SAID TREES WERE AN IMPORTANT NATURAL ASSET OF THE COUNTRYSIDE,
HE SAID: "THE TWO TREE NURSERIES OF AFD PRODUCE ABOUT 800,000 SERDLINGS ANNUALLY. ABOUT HALF OF THESE SEEDLINGS ARE USED FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS' LANDSCAPING PROJECTS. THE REST ARE USED FOR AFD'S OWN PLANTING PROGRAMME AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COUNTRY PARKS.
"IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT SOME 10 PER CENT OF ALL THESE TREES ARE PLANTED BY THE PUBLIC THROUGH INVOLVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY PARKS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, HE ADDED.
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