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Wednesday, January 24, 1973
MORE TREES AND PLANTS FOR RESETTLEMENT ESTATES
$2 Million To Be Spent Over Next Two Years
The Resettlement Department is to continue its programme to
beautify the estates so as to improve the living environment of the residents.
Outlining details of the programme, the department's Senior
Maintenance Surveyor, Mr. Douglas Stewart, said today that some $2 million
would be spent on landscaping and tree planting in the estates over the
next two years.
He was speaking at the opening of a new rest garden in Tai Hang
Tung Estate.
In the past 12 months, he said, more than $600,000 had been spent
on tree planting and landscaping in the older estates and there had been
little need to replant as a result of damage.
He felt that one of the basic necessities of mankind was "communication
with nature," and it was wrong that children should grow up in concrete
jungles devoid of trees.
"I have found that when children get used to trees and plants they
will not damage them," he added.
After large public areas in resettlement estates were cleared of
hawkers and other obstructions, he said, the land would be used for the benefit
of the tenants.
Mr. Henry Wong, an Urban Councillor, and Mr. Cheung Chung-ming, chairman
of the Tai Hang Tung Kaifong Association, both cut the ribbon to mark the
official opening of the rest garden.
They also called on tenants of the estates to give their support to
protecting the growth of the plants, especially during the early stages of planting.
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