SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1992
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FUN DAY WINDS UP CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME
THE 1991/92 CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME ENDED TODAY (SUNDAY) WITH A FUN DAY AT THE SCENIC SAI KUNG EAST COUNTRY PARK FOR MORE THAN 500 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAD TAKEN PART IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES UNDER THE SCHEME.
OFFICIATING AT THE FUN DAY CUM PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD, MR GEORGE TAN; AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR FRANK LAU; AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHEME'S SPONSORS, MR CHARLES PANG OF TIMBERLAND.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR TAN SAID IT WAS YET ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR THE SCHEME AS SOME 11,000 PARTICIPANTS HAD TAKEN PART IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.
A TOTAL OF 11,600 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN LITTER COLLECTION AND TREE TENDING WORK IN COUNTRY PARKS ON WEEKDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. SINCE THIS YEAR'S SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED LAST DECEMBER.
YOUR
MEANWHILE, A "SCENIC ROUTE DESIGN" COMPETITION AND A "KNOW COUNTRYSIDE TREES" QUIZ ATTRACTED 18 AND 1,060 ENTRIES
RESPECTIVELY.
TEN WINNING ENTRIES WERE SELECTED FOR THE "SCENIC ROUTE DESIGN" COMPETITION BY A PANEL OF JUDGES ON APRIL 7.
MR TAN POINTED OUT THAT APART FROM THE CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME, THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY HAD ORGANISED A WIDE RANGE OF COUNTRYSIDE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME, FORESTRY WORK CAMPS AND FOREST ADOPTION PROJECT.
THESE AIMED TO ENCOURAGE ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER GENERATION, ΤΟ PARTICIPATE IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION WORK.
OVER 20,000
JOINED THE SOME 30,000
"THE RESULT IS VERY ENCOURAGING. VARIOUS TREE PLANTING ACTIVITIES LAST YEAR AND PLANTED TREES IN OUR COUNTRY PARKS, MR TAN SAID.
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AT THE CEREMONY, COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED то SHUN TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION LEUNG KAU KUI COLLEGE AND TSUEN WAN PUBLIC HO CHUEN YIN MEMORIAL COLLEGE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE FOREST ADOPTION SCHEME FOR FIVE YEARS.
MR TAN ALSO THANKED TIMBERLAND FOR SPONSORING THE SCHEME, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT. THIS YEAR MARKED THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCHEME.
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