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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1993
PUBLIC URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS
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WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT HE EXPECTED MORE WOULD REGISTER AS VOTERS THIS YEAR AS HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS.
SPEAKING AT A TREE-PLANTING CEREMONY AT THE ILLUMINATION TERRACE IN TAI HANG ROAD, HE ALSO URGED ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HE DESCRIBED THE GREENING EFFORT AT THE TERRACE AS "UNIQUE" SINCE THE TREES WERE IMBEDDED INSIDE A PRIVATE PROPERTY, NOT ON PAVEMENT OR CENTRAL ROAD DIVIDER.
BUT THE GREENING EFFECT TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS JUST AS THE PLANTS WILL BE PUT UP NEAR THE ROAD.
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"I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A 'GREAT LEAP FORWARD' DISTRICT IF OTHER PRIVATE DEVELOPERS FOLLOW SUIT, HE SAID.
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TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN A SIMILAR TREE-PLANTING PROJECT IN THE AFTERNOON AT WAN CHAI SPORTS GROUND, MR MANN SAID HE HOPED THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO JOIN OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.
TODAY'S EVENTS WERE ORGANISED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE WAN CHAI "GREENING FOR THE CHEST" ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
A TOTAL OF $103,478 WAS RAISED FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST TODAY.
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PUBLIC URGED TO PLANT FOR A GREEN CAUSE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE YET TO TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME ARE URGED TO DO SO BEFORE IT CLOSES BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
FROM NOW UNTIL APRIL 25, PLANTING SITES IN WILL BE OPEN ON SUNDAY AND PUBLIC HOLIDAY,
SIX COUNTRY PARKS
THESE COUNTRY PARKS ARE: TAI MO SHAN, SHING MUN, QUARRY BAY, PAT SIN LENG (HOK TAU), SAI KUNG (PAK T'AM CHUNG} AND SOUTH LANTAU (NGONG PING).
ALL THESE ENVIRONMENTAL-CONSCIOUS CITIZENS NEED ΤΟ DO 19 то COME TO A COUNTRY PARK AND PUT THE PREPARED SEEDLINGS INTO THE GROUND WITH THE TOOLS PROVIDED AT THE SITES.
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) STAFF WILL BE THERE TO HELP, IF REQUIRED.
COMMENTING ON THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME, AN AFD SPOKESMAN SAID SINCE THE START OF THE SCHEME ON MARCH 14, A TOTAL OF 9,480 TREE SEEDLINGS WERE PLANTED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
/THE SAI
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