THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1975
YOUNGSTERS LEARN ABOUT PRESERVING HK'S NATURAL BEAUTY
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ABOUT 800 YOUNGSTERS WILL THIS SUMMER LEARN MORE ABOUT COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION THROUGH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.
THE YOUNGSTERS ARE SELECTED FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS TO TAKE PART IN A SERIES OF CONSERVATION TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND FORESTRY WORK CAMPS JOINTLY ORGANISED DY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE ANNUAL DRIVE TO INSTILL IN YOUNG PEOPLE A BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN SAFEGUARDING THE BEAUTY OF OUR COUNTRYSIDE BEGAN EARLY THIS WEEK WITH A GROUP OF 20 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS UNDERGOING A WEEK-LONG CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMP AT THE KOWLOON HILLS FOREST OFFICE IN SHEK LI PUI RESERVOIR.
DURING THE CAMP THE PARTICIPANTS LEARN PRACTICAL SKILLS IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION WORK SUCH AS THE MAINTENANCE OF SOIL AND PATH AND THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF HILL FIRES.
LECTURES, FILM SHOWS AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN ARRANGED. FIELD VISITS TO A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND AN EXPERIMENTAL POULTRY MANURE DRYING PLANT ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE TRAINING PROGRAMME.
THE CAMP. WHICH IS PARTLY FINANCED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SUMMER ACTIVITIES FUNDS, IS ONE OF THE TWO TRAINING COURSES ORGANISED FOR THIS YEAR.
ANOTHER GROUP OF 20 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL TAKE PART IN A SIMILAR WEEK-LONG CAMP AT THE KOWLOON HILLS FOREST OFFICE STARTING ON MONDAY (JULY 28).
IN ADDITION TO THE TWO CAMPS, 38 FORESTRY WORK CAMPS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR ABOUT 750 YOUNGSTERS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND ORGANISATIONS.
THE WORK CAMPS WHICH ARE NOW BEING HELD AT SHING MUN, LEAD MINE PASS AND TAI PO KAU, AIM AT GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A CHANCE TO LIVE IN NATURAL OUTDOOR SURROUNDINGS AND TO DEVELOP A DEEPER AWARENESS OF COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.
THE FORESTRY WORK CAMP PROGRAMME STARTED IN 1966 AND HAS PROVED VERY POPULAR WITH YOUNGSTERS.
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