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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1993
PUBLIC ASKED TO JOIN CLEAN AND GREEN ACTIVITIES
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THE ACTIVITIES THE "1993/94 CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME" ORGANISED IN COUNTRY PARKS IN
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHËRIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED COUNTRY PARKS, COUNTRYSIDE QUIZ, AND POSTER AND DESIGN COMPETITIONS.
GUIDED WALKS AT OUTING PROGRAMME
WALKS AT COUNTRY
ONLY GROUPS WOULD BE ENTERTAINED ON GUIDED PARKS. A TOTAL OF 10 GUIDED WALKS IN COUNTRY PARKS WOULD BE ORGANISED. A QUIZ WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING THE WALK.
PARTICIPANTS WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DO SIMPLE CONSERVATION WORK SUCH AS COLLECTING LITTER AND TENDING TREE, TO KEEP THE COUNTRY PARKS CLEAN AND GREEN,
THESE WALKS WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOONS OF SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FROM NOW TO THE END OF FEBRUARY.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID A NUMBER OF COUNTRYSIDE QUIZZES WOULD BE HELD FOR GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS AT SELECTED COUNTRY PARK RECREATION SITES DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
THIS ACTIVITY, CALLED "PICK AND DIG", AIMS TO COMBINE COMMUNITY SERVICES IN COUNTRY PARKS WITH A QUIZ ON THE PARTICIPANTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATURE.
THE 200 PARTICIPANTS WHO SCORE THE HIGHEST MARK IN THE QUIZ DURING THE WALK AND THE "PICK AND DIG" WOULD BE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A "FUN DAY GALA' TO BE HELD AT A COUNTRY PARK LATER NEXT YEAR.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT DETAILS OF THE POSTER AND OUTING PROGRAMME DESIGN COMPETITIONS WOULD BE ANNOUNCED NEXT MONTH.
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HE ALSO SAID THE "CLEAN AND REEN SCHEME" NOW IN ITS 11TH YEAR, WAS TO MAKE THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY THE YOUNGER GENERATION, AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING COUNTRY PARKS CLEAN AND GREEN.
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FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE "1993/94 CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME" WHICH WAS LAUNCHED RECENTLY, CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION SECTION OF AFD'S COUNTRY PARKS AND CONSERVATION BRANCH ON TEL 733 2121.
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